Definition of Implication

1. Noun. Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied). "His resignation had political implications"

Exact synonyms: Deduction, Entailment
Generic synonyms: Illation, Inference
Derivative terms: Entail, Implicate, Imply, Imply

2. Noun. A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred. "The expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
Exact synonyms: Import, Significance
Generic synonyms: Meaning, Substance
Derivative terms: Implicate, Imply, Import, Significant

3. Noun. An accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection.
Generic synonyms: Accusal, Accusation
Specialized synonyms: Unspoken Accusation, Veiled Accusation, Innuendo, Insinuation
Derivative terms: Implicate, Imply

4. Noun. A logical relation between propositions p and q of the form 'if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false.
Exact synonyms: Conditional Relation, Logical Implication
Generic synonyms: Logical Relation
Derivative terms: Implicate, Implicational, Imply

5. Noun. A relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement). "He was suspected of implication in several robberies"
Generic synonyms: Involvement
Derivative terms: Implicate, Imply

Definition of Implication

1. n. The act of implicating, or the state of being implicated.

Definition of Implication

1. Noun. The act of implicating. ¹

2. Noun. The state of being implicated. ¹

3. Noun. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words. ¹

4. Noun. (logic) (''countable'') 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". ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Implication

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Implication

1. A possible later effect of an action. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Implication

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impletions
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implexes
implexion
implexions
impliable
implicand
implicands
implicant
implicants
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implicational
implicational propositional calculus
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implicativeness
implicature
implicatures
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implicit cognition
implicit function
implicit functions
implicit in(p)
implicitization

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