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implication

noun

im·​pli·​ca·​tion ˌim-plə-ˈkā-shən How to pronounce implication (audio)
1
: something implied: such as
a
: a possible significance
the book has political implications
b
: suggestion
2
a
: close connection
especially : an incriminating involvement
b
: the act of implicating : the state of being implicated
3
a
: the act of implying : the state of being implied
b(1)
: a logical relation between two propositions that fails to hold only if the first is true and the second is false see Truth Table
(2)
: a logical relationship between two propositions in which if the first is true the second is true
(3)
: a statement exhibiting a relation of implication
implicative
ˈim-plə-ˌkā-tiv How to pronounce implication (audio)
im-ˈpli-kə-
adjective
implicatively adverb
implicativeness noun

Example Sentences

… but whereas Updike and Roth work to establish connection and coherence in the face of time's chaos, DeLillo is an artist of diffusion and dispersal, of implication and missing information. A. O. Scott, New York Times Book Review, 21 May 2006 … the power of ideas to transform the world is itself accelerating. Although people readily agree with this observation when simply stated, very few people truly appreciate its profound implications. Ray Kurzweil, Curious Minds, (2004) 2005 … the astronomer Edwin Hubble found that the universe is expanding, and by implication must have originated a finite time ago in an explosion popularly called the big bang. Paul Davies, The New Physics, 1989 I'm offended by his implication that women can't be good at mathematics. He condemned the court and, by implication, the entire legal system. He was shocked by the implication of his partner in the theft. See More
Recent Examples on the Web The number indicates a higher rate of wage inflation than has been previously reported — an implication that would suggest inflation is helping to push employee compensation higher. Martha C. White For Cnn Business, CNN, 31 Aug. 2022 One implication is the city’s noise ordinance, McCarver said. Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 26 Aug. 2022 While Dorsey hasn’t gone into great detail about these complaints, the obvious implication is that financial motives have overtaken the platform, leading to the amplification of popular-but-divisive content and the unnecessary censorship of speech. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2022 Inherent in this question is the implication that in-person workers are given more prospects. Curt Steinhorst, Forbes, 25 Aug. 2022 One implication is that as a technology matures, production takes longer to double and so costs fall more slowly. Greg Ip, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022 Many Ukrainians took exception to the implication that Zelenskyy had prioritized the health of the economy over their well-being, suggesting that many lives might have been saved had the government better prepared the population for war. Liz Sly, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Aug. 2022 Many Ukrainians took exception to the implication that Zelensky had prioritized the health of the economy over their well-being, and suggested that many lives might have been saved had the government adequately prepared the population for war. Liz Sly, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2022 The implication was that America’s principal enemies were global: poverty, resource scarcity and so on. Robert D. Kaplan, WSJ, 26 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle English implicacioun "complication, complexity," borrowed from Anglo-French & Medieval Latin; Anglo-French implicacion "act of implying," borrowed from Medieval Latin implicātiōn-, implicātiō "entanglement, act of implying something, statement with implicit meaning," going back to Latin, "action of weaving in, intricacy," from implicāre "to fold about itself, entwine, involve" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at implicate

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2b

Time Traveler
The first known use of implication was in the 15th century

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