English to English
implication
(,/I/mpl/@/'k/eI//S//@/n
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noun (n)
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)(noun.cognition)Example:
His resignation had political implications.
source: wordnet30 - a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred(noun.cognition)Example:
The expectation was spread both by word and by implication.
source: wordnet30 - an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection(noun.communication)source: wordnet30
- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false(noun.linkdef)source: wordnet30
- a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)(noun.linkdef)Example:
He was suspected of implication in several robberies.
source: wordnet30 - The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.(noun)source: webster1913