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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
- maths (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
Derived Forms
- imˈplicitness, noun
- imˈplicitly, adverb
Other Words From
- im·plic·it·ly adverb
- im·plic·it·ness im·plic·i·ty noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of implicit1
Example Sentences
What we have now is a system which gives naming rights to the discoverers in an implicit way, where your contributions will bear your names by default, unless you decide to agitate for something else.
Bazzo also said the district should focus on implicit bias training for staff, doing more restorative justice programs and bringing more teachers of color into classrooms.
It also cited implicit and explicit bias and cultural competency.
Many times, that bias is implicit — meaning the people who are biased don’t know they are.
You can find out about some of yours by taking an implicit bias test from Harvard University.
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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