implication

[ im-pli-key-shuhn ]

/ ˌɪm plɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

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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.

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Origin of implication

1400–50; late Middle English implicacio(u)n < Latin implicātiōn- (stem of implicātiō) an interweaving, equivalent to implicāt(us) (see implicate) + -iōn- -ion

SYNONYMS FOR implication

7. associations, connections.

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Related formsim·pli·ca·tion·al, adjectivenon·im·pli·ca·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for implications

An overwhelming amount of subtleties and implications were going over my head.
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Harris declined to comment to The Daily Beast on the implications of Initiative 71 for members of Congress.
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In an effort to cope with the implications of this question, Americans have subtly but sweepingly shifted their ideals.
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Well, the implications would be many and weighty, both for the diminished USA and for the new entity.
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We all got involved and got ourselves in trouble by really not looking at the implications of it.
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Misunderstanding the implications of education and setting false priorities are also frequently invoked.
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The Dialogue allows these and related distinctions to emerge, even though it does not grapple with their implications.
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But Winnie's numb brain was on another tack; she did not pursue the implications of Mrs. O'Leary's remark.
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Men courted her still, slyly and disgustingly, but she felt herself insulted by the adventure, degraded by the implications.
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But there is another reason why people are apt to suppose the doctrine of evolution to be materialistic in its implications.
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British Dictionary definitions for implications

implication

/ (ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən) /

noun

the act of implicating or the state of being implicated

something that is implied; suggestionthe 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 Formsimplicational, adjective

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Word Origin and History for implications

implications

see implication.

implication

early 15c., "action of entangling," from Latin implicationem (nominative implicatio) "interweaving, entanglement," from past participle stem of implicare "involve, entangle, connect closely," from assimilated form of in- "into, in, on, upon" (see in- (2)) + plicare "to fold" (see ply (v.1)). Meaning "something implied (but not expressed)" is from 1550s.

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