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implicit Definition

im·plicit (im plis′it)

adjective

  1. suggested or to be understood though not plainly expressed; implied
  2. necessarily or naturally involved though not plainly apparent or expressed; essentially a part or condition; inherent
  3. without reservation or doubt; unquestioning; absolute
  4. Obsolete implicated; entangled

Etymology: L implicitus, pp. of implicare: see imply

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implicit Synonyms

implicit

modif.

  1. Implied

    tacit, understood, inferable, inherent; see implied.

  2. Without reservation or doubt

    unquestioning, certain, absolute; see absolute 1, certain 3, inevitable.

implicit Usage Examples

Modifying Another Word

  • largely: Often this knowledge is tacit ( Schon, 1983 ) and largely implicit ( Weick, 1995 ).
  • often: In current discourse, teacher learning is often implicit rather than explicit.
  • already: There is considerable evidence that such an approach is already implicit in much academic practice.
  • normally: Section 4 deals with the other issues which are normally implicit in the current pricing but need to be expressed explicitly.
  • fully: This is probably due to the fact that the solution method switches from a Crank-Nicholson scheme to fully implicit for those conditions.
  • always: In some ways, tho, the book has spelled out ideas which were always implicit in neo-Marxism.

Modifies a noun

  • synchronization: In the cases of list 2 and list 3, user synchronization should not be used in place of implicit synchronization.
  • assumption: There is almost an implicit assumption that tutors know about these things.
  • causality: This change allowed us to isolate the implicit causality of the verb itself from the contribution of the connective.
  • differentiation: Implicit differentiation; chain rule; differentiation of functions defined by integrals.
  • criticism: Others in the government are clearly more comfortable with implicit criticisms of past policies.
  • conversion: Rule 43: Implicit conversions loose no more information than explicit ones.

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: For others, the beliefs about learning and teaching may remain implicit.
  • seem: Such a notion nevertheless seems implicit in much of the push for online science lessons today.

Preposition: in

  • notion: Implicit in the notion of campaigning is the idea of change.
  • definition: Implicit in the definition of Integrated Education is that the regular school stays the same.
  • statement: Not quite made explicit, but implicit in every statement, is that the operation of a discrete state machine is computable.
  • argument: Implicit in this argument are also issues relating to relative yield.
  • decision: It cannot be assumed therefore, that interpretations of the law contained or implicit in these decisions will necessarily be applied in other cases.
  • concept: It is implicit in the concept of a USO that where a PCB is provided there should be a cash payment facility.