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implicit
[ im-plis-it ]
adjective
- implied, rather than expressly stated:
implicit agreement.
- unquestioning or unreserved; unconditional: implicit obedience;
implicit trust;
implicit obedience;
implicit confidence.
Synonyms: total, complete, absolute, unqualified
- potentially contained (usually followed by in ):
to bring out the drama implicit in the occasion.
- Mathematics. (of a function) having the dependent variable not explicitly expressed in terms of the independent variables, as x 2 + y 2 = 1. Compare explicit ( def 5 ).
- Obsolete. entangled.
implicit
/ ɪmˈplɪsɪt /
adjective
- not explicit; implied; indirect
there was implicit criticism in his voice
- absolute and unreserved; unquestioning
you have implicit trust in him
- when postpositive,foll byin contained or inherent
to bring out the anger implicit in the argument
- See explicitmaths (of a function) having an equation of the form f( x,y ) = 0, in which y cannot be directly expressed in terms of x, as in xy + x ² + y ³ x ² = 0 Compare explicit 1
- obsolete.intertwined
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Derived Forms
- imˈplicitly, adverb
- imˈplicitness, noun
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Other Words From
- im·plic·it·ly adverb
- im·plic·it·ness im·plic·i·ty noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of implicit1
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Example Sentences
As Randy wrote, “I guess this speaks to the church not really having a place for gay people so getting married is still implicit.”
Think about it: Dodd-Frank was explicitly passed to drive a stake through the heart of the implicit concept of “too big to fail.”
The question implicit in this effort, “If you were starting a museum, what would you put in your collection?”
By the implicit laws of capitalism, I'm pretty sure this makes Bieber the new commander in chief.
It is part and parcel of the implicit politics of Snap Judgment, which folds the margins of American society into its center.
We are told their ideas of government consist in believing that implicit obedience is due both to king and priests.
Let us, then, rejoice that we possess such a powerful advocate in heaven, and let us place implicit trust in her.
In his family his only use is to be a pattern of timid silence and of implicit submission.
Implicit and immediate obedience he demandedno questioning of his higher authority.
Implicit faith has been the source of the greatest outrages which have been committed upon the earth.
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