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implication
[ im-pli-key-shuhn ]
noun
- something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood:
to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- the act of implying:
His implication of immediate changes surprised us.
- 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.
Synonyms:
implication
/ ˌɪɪˈɪʃə /
noun
- 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
- ˌˈپDzԲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- p·tDz· adjective
- ԴDzi··tDz noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of implication1
Example Sentences
Some Republicans seem to understand that implication, as well as the popularity of Medicaid among the voting public.
They said the challenges are coming at a faster pace this term because Trump is brazenly violating the law at a breakneck speed, with major implications for American democracy.
But the full implications of those cuts for the nation’s ability to accurately interpret dynamic changes in the planet’s weather and to predict long-term warming scenarios through its modeling arm in Princeton have not.
"I have had some success in an attack called cross site scripting, where you can essentially trick the chatbot into rendering a malicious payload that can cause all kinds of security implications."
County over alleged waits of up to 18 months for gun permits, a case that legal experts say could have far-reaching implications.
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