implication
the state of being implied: to know only by implication.
Logic. the relation that holds between two propositions, or classes of propositions, in virtue of which one is logically deducible from the other.
the act of implicating or indicating that one or more persons may be involved, as in a crime: The implication of his accomplices came only after hours of grueling questioning by the police.
the state of being implicated: We recently heard of his implication in a conspiracy.
Usually implications. relationships of a close or intimate nature; involvements: the religious implications of ancient astrology.
Origin of implication
1Other words for implication
7 | associations, connection |
Other words from implication
- im·pli·ca·tion·al, adjective
- non·im·pli·ca·tion, noun
Words Nearby implication
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How to use implication in a sentence
That has profound implications for people in California and, more fundamentally, how we manage infrastructure.
California wildfires may give way to massive mudslides | Ula Chrobak | September 17, 2020 | Popular-ScienceBy implication, the believers are saying that these vaunted names will generate enormous returns on the 20% of earnings they’re keeping to grow the business.
Will tech stocks stumble or slide? What the fundamentals tell us | Shawn Tully | September 16, 2020 | FortuneThe Northern Isles deployment confirmed their hypothesis, which could have implications for data centers on land.
Microsoft hails success of its undersea data center experiment—and says it could have implications on dry land, too | David Meyer | September 15, 2020 | FortuneSitting in my own backyard one afternoon this summer, my wife and I talked through the implications of this looming American future.
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Outside of the absurdity of “blood splatter” flying through the air is the implication that Ebola can be “breathed” at all.
The implication is that she might even have assisted her husband inflicting his superficial wounds.
Did Joran Van Der Sloot Fake His Prison Shanking? | Andrea Zarate, Barbie Latza Nadeau | November 5, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe implication of some German news stories is that he was almost a charity case.
The CIA’s Bumbling German Spy Was More Austin Powers and Less James Bond | Christopher Dickey, Nadette De Visser | July 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe bottom-line implication of such remarks: Putin will not let that happen again; and the crisis will go on.
Yet another important barrier to addressing this issue is the implication for statin sales.
Lady Hartledon understood the implication; she felt nettled, and a flush rose to her face.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodI learnt it—I can hardly tell you how I learnt it—by implication, I think; for it was never expressly told me.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodIt is the implication that there is a spiritual discernment which is distinct from mental discernment.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordThe softness of the implication she swept aside, as if she hardly dared regard it lest it weaken her resolve.
Country Neighbors | Alice BrownI think it possesses this authority, both by necessary implication and by express grant.
Select Speeches of Daniel Webster | Daniel Webster
British Dictionary definitions for implication
/ (ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən) /
the act of implicating or the state of being implicated
something that is implied; suggestion: the implication of your silence is that you're bored
logic
the operator that forms a sentence from two given sentences and corresponds to the English if … then …
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
the relation between such sentences
Derived forms of implication
- implicational, adjective
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