implication

im·pli·ca·tion

Use implication in a sentence

noun

The definition of implication is something that is inferred.

An example of implication is the policeman connecting a person to a crime even though there is no evidence.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"implication." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 17 February 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Implication>.

APA Style

implication. (n.d.). Retrieved February 17th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Implication

implication

an implicating or being implicated
an implying or being implied
1. something implied, from which an inference may be drawn
2. Logic a formal relationship between two propositions such that if the first is true then the second is necessarily or logically true

Origin of implication

Middle English implicacioun from Classical Latin implicatio

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"implication." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 17 February 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Implication>.

APA Style

implication. (n.d.). Retrieved February 17th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Implication

implication

noun

The act of implicating or the condition of being implicated.
The act of implying or the condition of being implied.
Something that is implied, especially:
a. An indirect indication; a suggestion.
b. An implied meaning; implicit significance.
c. An inference. See Usage Note at infer.

Related Forms:

im′pli·ca′tive
adjective

im′pli·ca′tive·ly
adverb

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"implication." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 17 February 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/Implication>.

APA Style

implication. (n.d.). Retrieved February 17th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/Implication

Noun

(countable and uncountable, plural implications)

(uncountable) The act of implicating.
(uncountable) The state of being implicated.
(countable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
(countable, logic) 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".

Origin

From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).

English Wiktionary. Available under CC-BY-SA license.