Meaning

6 senses
  1. (uncountable)The act of implicating.

  2. (uncountable)The state of being implicated.

  3. (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

  4. (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

  5. (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

  6. (countable, uncountable)Logical consequence.

    Folge

More definitions
  • 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 sentences
  1. Tom was disturbed by the implication.

    ruТом был обеспокоен последствиями.

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  2. Tom seemed disturbed by the implication.

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  3. I resent that implication.

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  4. I resent your implication.

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  5. The implications are clear.

    ruНамёки понятны.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
that which is implied, but not expressed:
logical connective:
Русский
By meaning 2
that which is implied, but not expressed:
logical connective:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
possible effect or result of a decision or action:
that which is implied, but not expressed:
logical connective:

Origin

From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio). Equiv

From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio). Equivalent to implicate + -ion.

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Forms

plural: implications
Singularimplication
Pluralimplications

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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