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Implication
//ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən// noun
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of implicating. uncountable
- 2 something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied) wordnet
- 3 The state of being implicated. uncountable
- 4 a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred wordnet
- 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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- 6 an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection wordnet
- 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."
- 8 a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement) wordnet
- 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
- 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
- 11 Logical consequence. countable, uncountable
Etymology
From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).Equivalent to implicate + -ion.
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