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.

SYNONYMS FOR implication

7 associations, connection.

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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

OTHER WORDS FROM implication

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

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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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British Dictionary definitions for implication

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 forms of implication

implicational, adjective

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