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implication.

The act of implicating.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən//ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/
  1. The act of implicating.

    uncountable
  2. The state of being implicated.

    uncountable
  3. A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.

    countable
    Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment.
  4. 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 · uncountable
  5. 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".

    countable
  6. Logical consequence.

    countable · uncountable
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der. Latin plicō Latin implicō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin implicātiōnemder. Middle French implicationder. English implication From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio). Equivalent to implicate + -ion.

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