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implication
(,/I/mpl/@/'k/eI//S//@/n )

noun (n)

  • something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    His resignation had political implications.
    source: wordnet30
  • a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred(noun.cognition)
    Example:
    The expectation was spread both by word and by implication.
    source: wordnet30
  • an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection(noun.communication)
    source: wordnet30
  • a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false(noun.linkdef)
    source: wordnet30
  • a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)(noun.linkdef)
    Example:
    He was suspected of implication in several robberies.
    source: wordnet30
  • The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.(noun)
    source: webster1913
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