implicit
[im-plis-it]
- implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement.
- unquestioning or unreserved; absolute: implicit trust; implicit obedience; implicit confidence.
- 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 x2 + y2 = 1.Compare explicit(def 6).
- Obsolete. entangled.
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Origin of implicit
Synonyms
See more synonyms for implicit on Thesaurus.com2. inherent, complete, total.
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Contemporary Examples
In tackling this issue, Watson is, whether she knows it or not, also implicitly taking on a broader issue.
Because programs like TFA implicitly reveal the problem with the main core of U.S. teacher preparation.
“To us, when church officials talk about forgiveness, they implicitly imply that the crisis is over,” said Clohessy.
A Kansas that enshrines discrimination against gays is, implicitly, a Kansas that has declared its contempt for their lives.
This implicitly rebukes North Carolina as it moves to cut back on early balloting as part of its wildly controversial plan.
Historical Examples
For months Donald Whiting had obeyed Linda implicitly and instantly.
Her Father's DaughterGene Stratton-Porter
"You spoke a while ago as if you didn't trust him implicitly," she said.
Good IndianB. M. Bower
He was implicitly trusted by all, even by Hatteras, who cherished a deep affection for him.
The Field of IceJules Verne
He had no intention of trusting too implicitly to that loudly proclaimed fatigue.
The Inn at the Red OakLatta Griswold
But my reader may not have retained in her memory the facts to which I implicitly refer.
Wilfrid CumbermedeGeorge MacDonald
implicit
- not explicit; implied; indirectthere was implicit criticism in his voice
- absolute and unreserved; unquestioningyou have implicit trust in him
- (when postpositive, foll by in) contained or inherentto 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 = 0Compare explicit 1 (def. 4)
- obsolete intertwined
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Word Origin
C16: from Latin implicitus, variant of implicātus interwoven; see implicate
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Word Origin and History for implicitly
implicit
1590s, from Middle French implicite and directly from Latin implicitus, later variant of implicatus, past participle of implicare (see implication).
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