implication
The act of implicatingThe act of implicating.
» Tom was disturbed by the implication.
Том был обеспокоен последствиями.
Meaning
6 senses(uncountable)The act of implicating.
(uncountable)The state of being implicated.
(countable)A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment.
Auswirkung, Folge, Tragweite
(countable, uncountable)An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
Andeutung
намёкnamjók
підте́кстpidtékst
(countable)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".
Folge, Schlussfolgerung
имплика́цияimplikácija
імпліка́ціяimplikácija
(countable, uncountable)Logical consequence.
Folge
- an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
- a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form ‘if p then q’; if p is true then q cannot be false
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
Examples
49 sentencesTom was disturbed by the implication.
ruТом был обеспокоен последствиями.
Tom seemed disturbed by the implication.
I resent that implication.
I resent your implication.
The implications are clear.
ruНамёки понятны.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
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By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio). EquivFrom Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio). Equivalent to implicate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: implications| Singular | implication |
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Synonyms
6 synonyms- a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form ‘if p then q’; if p is true then q cannot be false:logical implicationconditional relation
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied):deductionentailment
- a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred:significanceimport
Word family
12 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable