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implication
[ im-pli-key-shuhn ]
noun
- something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood:
to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- the act of implying:
His implication of immediate changes surprised us.
- the state of being implied:
to know only by implication.
- Logic. the relation that holds between two propositions, or classes of propositions, in virtue of which one is logically deducible from the other.
- the act of implicating or indicating that one or more persons may be involved, as in a crime:
The implication of his accomplices came only after hours of grueling questioning by the police.
- the state of being implicated:
We recently heard of his implication in a conspiracy.
- Usually implications. relationships of a close or intimate nature; involvements:
the religious implications of ancient astrology.
Synonyms: connection
implication
/ ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən /
noun
- the act of implicating or the state of being implicated
- something that is implied; suggestion
the implication of your silence is that you're bored
- logic
- the operator that forms a sentence from two given sentences and corresponds to the English if … then …
- a sentence so formed. Usually written p→q or p⊃q, where p,q are the component sentences, it is true except when p (the antecedent) is true and q (the consequent) is false
- the relation between such sentences
Derived Forms
- ˌimpliˈcational, adjective
Other Words From
- impli·cation·al adjective
- nonim·pli·cation noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of implication1
Example Sentences
That has profound implications for people in California and, more fundamentally, how we manage infrastructure.
By implication, the believers are saying that these vaunted names will generate enormous returns on the 20% of earnings they’re keeping to grow the business.
The Northern Isles deployment confirmed their hypothesis, which could have implications for data centers on land.
Sitting in my own backyard one afternoon this summer, my wife and I talked through the implications of this looming American future.
Not to mention, the financial implications to you and your client.
Outside of the absurdity of “blood splatter” flying through the air is the implication that Ebola can be “breathed” at all.
The implication is that she might even have assisted her husband inflicting his superficial wounds.
The implication of some German news stories is that he was almost a charity case.
The bottom-line implication of such remarks: Putin will not let that happen again; and the crisis will go on.
Yet another important barrier to addressing this issue is the implication for statin sales.
Lady Hartledon understood the implication; she felt nettled, and a flush rose to her face.
I learnt it—I can hardly tell you how I learnt it—by implication, I think; for it was never expressly told me.
It is the implication that there is a spiritual discernment which is distinct from mental discernment.
The softness of the implication she swept aside, as if she hardly dared regard it lest it weaken her resolve.
I think it possesses this authority, both by necessary implication and by express grant.
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