- the act of implicating or the state of being implicated
- something that is implied; suggestion
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
im•pli•ca•tion /ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation
n.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- something implied:[countable]The reporters discussed the implications of the president's speech.
- the state of being implicated:[uncountable]his implication in the crime.
- by implication, following from or implied by something else:That policy was a failure, and so, by implication, was the president who had proposed it.
im•pli•ca•tion
(im′pli kā′shən),USA pronunciation n.
im′pli•ca′tion•al, adj.
- something implied or suggested as naturally to be inferred or understood:to resent an implication of dishonesty.
- the act of implying:His implication of immediate changes surprised us.
- the state of being implied:to know only by implication.
- Philosophy[Logic.]the relation that holds between two propositions, or classes of propositions, in virtue of which one is logically deducible from the other.
- the act of implicating:the implication of his accomplices.
- the state of being implicated:We heard of his implication in a conspiracy.
- Usually, implications. relationships of a close or intimate nature;
involvements:the religious implications of ancient astrology.
- Latin implicātiōn- (stem of implicātiō) an interweaving, equivalent. to implicāt(us) (see implicate) + -iōn- -ion
- late Middle English implicacio(u)n 1400–50
- 7. associations, connections.
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implication /ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən/ n
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'implication' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
allegedly
- bar sinister
- commutative
- connotation
- even
- explicit
- eye candy
- hint
- loaded
- material implication
- perfective
- quitch grass
- rhetorical question
- sign
- sound
- taal
- waiver
- addition
- allusion
- anticipate
- aorist
- apt
- ashamed
- augur
- bad
- clean
- colon
- comment
- complicity
- -enne
- equivalence
- false
- fanatic
- flagrant
- flock
- follower
- form
- gather
- greed
- heal
- imminent
- implicative
- import
- importance
- kill
- leech
- left-handed
- make
- man
- muscular
