implications
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plɪˈkeɪ noun
1.
something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood: to resent an implication of dishonesty.
2.
the act of implying: His implication of immediate changes surprised us.
3.
the state of being implied: to know only by implication.
4.
Logic. the relation that holds between two propositions, or classes of propositions, in virtue of which one is logically deducible from the other.
5.
the act of implicating: the implication of his accomplices.
6.
the state of being implicated: We heard of his implication in a conspiracy.
7.
Usually, implications. relationships of a close or intimate nature; involvements: the religious implications of ancient astrology.
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of implicating or the state of being implicated |
| 2. | something that is implied; suggestion: the implication of your silence is that you're bored |
| 3. | logic |
| a. the operator that forms a sentence from two given sentences and corresponds to the English if … then … | |
| b. a sentence so formed. Usually written p→q or p⊃q, where p,q are the component sentences, it is true except when p (the antecedent) is true and q (the consequent) is false | |
| c. the relation between such sentences | |
| impli'cational | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
implication
"involvement, interweaving," early 15c., from L. implicationem (nom. implicatio) "interweaving, entanglement," from implicatus, pp. of implicare "involve, entangle, connect closely," from in- "in" + plicare "to fold" (see ply).
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Example sentences
There's also evidence that our grand transformation of the night might have serious implications for our own health.
Other equity investors were spooked, too, as they digested the wider implications of the announcement.
These developments have several positive implications.
It also has a lot bigger implications for the world if we're successful.
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