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/ˌɪmplɪkˈeɪʃən/
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[ US /ˌɪmpɫəˈkeɪʃən/ ]
[ US /ˌɪmpɫəˈkeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
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something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
his resignation had political implications -
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
the significance of his remark became clear only later
the expectation was spread both by word and by implication - an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false
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a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
he was suspected of implication in several robberies
How To Use implication In A Sentence
- ‘Break, break, break,’ for instance, is a bitter poem on unrecompensed, pointless loss, but it achieves its power and makes its point very indirectly, largely through structural implications.
- Surely you appreciate that for those who regularly attack Israel and its suporters, “Likud” is a label fraught with negative implications that have nothing to do with the political realities within Israel. The Volokh Conspiracy » Human Rights Watch Update
- On the taxes proposed she said, "Those concerned by our wish list's ` nanny state 'implications might helpfully redirect their focus to the many unseen measures intentionally adopted by the food industry to shape our behaviour … It seems that without our knowledge or consent we are subject to the pervasive' nannying 'activities of industry. THE MEDICAL NEWS
- The implications are, in their way, deeply regressive. Times, Sunday Times
- Pfizer emphasized the halt was limited to patients participating in clinical testing who suffered from a joint disorder known as osteoarthritis, although the company is slated to meet with the FDA later this week to assess any implications for other programs. Pfizer Suspends Trials of Pain Drug After FDA Request
- No right-thinking person wants to downplay this problem or its implications.
- While pointing out some defects of classical logic[Sentencedict], the paper attributes them to substantial implication being directly applied to inference.
- The course content included identification, screening and early intervention and medical implications like epilepsy, hyperactivity and brain dysfunctions.
- He was a strong supporter of the doctrine of papal infallibility and he drew up a postulatum in which he favoured a definition by implication in preference to an explicit affirmation of the dogma. The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon
- The implication was you had to have your own world, you had to be self-sufficient in that way.