Implication

//ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of implicating. uncountable
  2. 2
    something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being implicated. uncountable
  4. 4
    a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred wordnet
  5. 5
    A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action. countable

    "Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment."

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  1. 6
    an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection wordnet
  2. 7
    An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. countable, uncountable

    "But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move."

  3. 8
    a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement) wordnet
  4. 9
    The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true". countable
  5. 10
    a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form ‘if p then q’; if p is true then q cannot be false wordnet
  6. 11
    Logical consequence. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).Equivalent to implicate + -ion.

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