implicit
implicit
Definition
im·plicit (im plis′it)
adjective
- suggested or to be understood though not plainly expressed; implied
- necessarily or naturally involved though not plainly apparent or expressed; essentially a part or condition; inherent
- without reservation or doubt; unquestioning; absolute
- Obsolete implicated; entangled
Etymology: L implicitus, pp. of implicare: see imply
implicit
Synonyms
implicit
modif.
Implied
tacit, understood, inferable, inherent; see implied.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.
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