implication
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implication
- /ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən/
- /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
Where it comes from
From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio). Equivalent to implicate + -ion.
noun implications
- The act of implicating.
- The state of being implicated.
- A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action. Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment.
- An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. Dennis Reynolds: What do you mean what do we need a mattress for? Why in the hell do you think we just spent all that money on a boat? The whole purpose of buying the boat in the first place was to get the ladies nice and tipsy topside so we can take 'em to a nice comfortable place below deck and, y
- 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".
- Logical consequence.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: significance, entailment, deduction, import, conditional relation, implicating, logical implication, allusion, hint, implicit, innuendo, suggestion, inference, assumption, result, imputation
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noun possible effect or result of a decision or action
| Deutsch | Auswirkung, Folge, Tragweite, Bedeutung |
|---|---|
| Italiano | implicazione, risvolto |
noun that which is implied, but not expressed
| Español | precesión, reticencia, aposiopesis |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Andeutung |
| Italiano | implicazione |
| Ελληνικά | υπονοούμενο yponooúmeno, υποκείμενο συμπέρασμα ypokeímeno sympérasma, υποκείμενη συνέπεια ypokeímeni synépeia |
| Русский | намёк namjók |
noun logical connective
| 日本語 | 含意 gan'i |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 含意 hányì, 意味 yìwèi, 含義 /含义 hányì, 涵義 /涵义 hányì |
| Deutsch | Folge, Schlussfolgerung |
| Italiano | connessione |
| Русский | имплика́ция implikácija |
| العربية | تَلَازُم talāzum |
noun logical consequence
| Español | implicación |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 蘊涵 /蕴涵 yùnhán, 蘊含 /蕴含 yùnhán |
| Português | implicação |
| Français | implication |
| Deutsch | Folge |
| Italiano | implicazione, conseguenza |
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title = {implication},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
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