"implication" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-implication.wav Forms: implications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).Equivalent to implicate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{der|en|frm|implication}} Middle French implication, {{der|en|la|implicationem}} Latin implicationem, {{suffix|en|implicate|ion}} implicate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} implication (countable and uncountable, plural implications)
  1. (uncountable) The act of implicating. Tags: uncountable
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  2. (uncountable) The state of being implicated. Tags: uncountable
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  3. (countable) A possible effect or result of a decision or action. Tags: countable Translations (possible effect or result of a decision or action): gevolg (Afrikaans), uitwerking (Afrikaans), Auswirkung [feminine] (German), Folge [feminine] (German), Tragweite [feminine] (German), Bedeutung [feminine] (German), implicazione [feminine] (Italian), risvolto [masculine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-implication-en-noun-en:consequence Disambiguation of 'possible effect or result of a decision or action': 1 1 93 1 1 3
  4. (countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (that which is implied, but not expressed): implikasie (Afrikaans), подтекст (podtekst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), implicatie (Dutch), Andeutung [feminine] (German), υπονοούμενο (yponooúmeno) [neuter] (Greek), υποκείμενο συμπέρασμα (ypokeímeno sympérasma) (Greek), υποκείμενη συνέπεια (ypokeímeni synépeia) (Greek), impleacht [feminine] (Irish), implicazione [feminine] (Italian), implikasi (Malay), намёк (namjók) [masculine] (Russian), implikacija (Serbo-Croatian), dublji smisao (Serbo-Croatian), dublje značenje (Serbo-Croatian), bulaştırma (Turkish), ima (Turkish), dolaylı anlatım (Turkish), підте́кст (pidtékst) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-implication-en-noun-HoqYD~0a Disambiguation of 'that which is implied, but not expressed': 2 3 2 80 8 5
  5. (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". Tags: countable Categories (topical): Logic Translations (logical connective): تَلَازُم (talāzum) (Arabic), 含意 (hányì) (Chinese Mandarin), 意味 (yìwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), implikace [feminine] (Czech), implikacio (Esperanto), implikaatio (Finnish), Folge [feminine] (German), Schlussfolgerung [feminine] (German), implikáció (Hungarian), implikasi (Indonesian), connessione [feminine] (Italian), 含意 (gan'i) (Japanese), импликација (implikacija) [feminine] (Macedonian), следство (sledstvo) [neuter] (Macedonian), implikasi (Malay), имплика́ция (implikácija) [feminine] (Russian), implikacija (Serbo-Croatian), akıl yürütme (Turkish), gerektirme (Turkish), istidlal (Turkish), імпліка́ція (implikácija) (Ukrainian)
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  6. Logical consequence. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (logical consequence): gevolg (Afrikaans), implication (French), Folge [feminine] (German), implicazione (Italian), conseguenza (Italian), پیامد (peyâmad) (Persian), implicação (Portuguese), implicación (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-implication-en-noun-qLgvGU3P Disambiguation of 'logical consequence': 1 2 3 2 4 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: material implication, strict implication Related terms: implicate, implicative, implicature, implicit, implicitness, imply

Inflected forms

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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "implikacija",
      "sense": "logical connective",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "импликација"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sledstvo",
      "sense": "logical connective",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "следство"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "logical connective",
      "word": "implikasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "implikácija",
      "sense": "logical connective",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "имплика́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "logical connective",
      "word": "implikacija"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "logical connective",
      "word": "akıl yürütme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "logical connective",
      "word": "gerektirme"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "logical connective",
      "word": "istidlal"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "implikácija",
      "sense": "logical connective",
      "word": "імпліка́ція"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "logical consequence",
      "word": "gevolg"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "logical consequence",
      "word": "implication"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "logical consequence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Folge"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "logical consequence",
      "word": "implicazione"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "logical consequence",
      "word": "conseguenza"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "peyâmad",
      "sense": "logical consequence",
      "word": "پیامد"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "logical consequence",
      "word": "implicação"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "logical consequence",
      "word": "implicación"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "implication"
  ],
  "word": "implication"
}

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