implication

(ĭm'plĭ-kā'shən)
n.

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

implicative im'pli·ca'tive adj.
implicatively im'pli·ca'tive·ly adv.

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noun

A subtle quality underlying or felt to underlie a situation, action, or person: hint, inkling, suspicion, undercurrent, undertone. See show/hide, suggest.

n

Definition: suggestion
Antonyms: explicit statement

Informally, the implications of a proposition p (or set of propositions S) are those propositions which one would accept in the schema ‘if p then…’, (or, if each of S, then …). These will include things accepted only because of common sense, things which are common knowledge or presupposed in some context, or a sense of what regularly happens (‘if we go to London we will get caught in the crowds’). Logic tries to codify what is implied by sets of propositions in the more rigorous sense of what cannot possibly be false if they are each true. See also implicature.

Intention, meaning; that which is inferred; though not expressly stated, a state of mind or facts which is deduced.


necessary implication
“one which results from so strong a probability of intention that an intention contrary to that imputed to the testator cannot be supposed.” 220 N.W.
25, 27.

IN BRIEF: Something that is suggested, especially an indirect indication.

Greater than scene ... is situation. Greater than situation is implication. Greater than all of these is a single, entire human being, who will never be confined in any frame. — Eudora Welty (b. 1909), U.S. fiction writer.

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For a list of words related to implication, see:

• Logic - implication: relation between two propositions whereby one may be logically deduced from the other
• Rhetoric and Figures of Speech - implication: connotation
• Reason and Rationale - implication: something implied or suggested as naturally inferred or understood

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - inddragning, indblanding, implikation, underforståelse, stiltiende slutning, konsekvens, slutning

Nederlands (Dutch)
implicatie, verwikkeling

Français (French)
n. - implication, insinuation

Deutsch (German)
n. - Implikation, Verwicklung, Folge, Begleiterscheinung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ενοχοποίηση, επίπτωση, συνέπεια, σημασία, υπαινιγμός, υπονοούμενο

Italiano (Italian)
implicazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - implicação (f)

Русский (Russian)
впутывание, скрытый смысл, причастность

Español (Spanish)
n. - implicación, complicidad, repercusión, consecuencia

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - inblandning, innebörd, konsekvens, insinuation

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
含意, 暗示

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 含意, 暗示

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 내포, 관계

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 連坐, 言外の意味, 含蓄, 暗示

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) معنى متضمن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮סיבוך, הסתבכות, משמעות, רמז, כוונה, השתמעות‬

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