Implication

Noun

 * 1)  The act of implicating.
 * 2)  The state of being implicated.
 * 3)  An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
 * 4)  (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".

Derived terms

 * material implication
 * strict implication

Related terms

 * implicate
 * implicative
 * implicit
 * implicitness
 * imply

Adjectives for Implication
materialistic; covert;  historical;   moral; practical; far-reaching; small; tacit; social.

Verbs for Implication
convey—; deny—; detect—; detest—; dodge —; fathom—; involve—; judge—; justify —; lament—; leave to—; pale at—; prove —; —confuses; —disturbs; —entangles; — entwines; —hints; —infers; —irritates; — shocks.

Thesaurus
absorption, accusal, accusation, accusing, affective meaning, allegation, allegement, allegory, allusion, arcane meaning, arraignability, arraignableness, arraignment, assault, association, assumption, attack, bearing, bill of particulars, blame, blameworthiness, bloody hands, bringing of charges, bringing to book, broad hint, burden, censurability, censurableness, censure, charge, chargeability, citation, clue, coloration, coloring, complaint, complicity, conclusion, connection, connotation, consequence, count, criminality, cue, culpability, delation, denotation, denouncement, denunciation, dirty hands, drift, effect, embarrassment, engagement, enmeshment, entailment, entanglement, essence, extension, force, gentle hint, gesture, gist, glimmer, glimmering, grammatical meaning, guilt, guiltiness, guilty conscience, hint, idea, impact, impeachability, impeachableness, impeachment, implied meaning, import, impugnment, imputation, inclusion, incrimination, inculpation, index, indication, indictability, indictableness, indictment, inference, information, inkling, innuendo, insinuation, intension, intimation, involution, involvement, ironic suggestion, kick, lawsuit, laying of charges, lexical meaning, literal meaning, look, meaning, metaphorical sense, nod, nuance, nudge, occult meaning, onus, overtone, peccancy, pertinence, pith, plaint, point, practical consequence, presumption, presupposition, prompt, prosecution, purport, range of meaning, real meaning, red-handedness, reference, referent, relation, relevance, reprehensibility, reproach, reproachableness, reprovability, reprovableness, scent, scope, semantic cluster, semantic field, sense, sign, signal, significance, signification, significatum, signifie, span of meaning, spirit, spoor, structural meaning, subsense, subsidiary sense, substance, subsumption, suggestion, suit, sum, sum and substance, supposition, suspicion, symbolic meaning, symbolism, symptom, taxing, telltale, tenor, tinge, totality of associations, touch, track, transferred meaning, true bill, unadorned meaning, undercurrent, undermeaning, undertone, unspoken accusation, value, veiled accusation, whisper, wink

Etymology
From implicationem (accusative of implicatio).

Translations

 * German: Bedeutung, Tragweite
 * Greek: υπονοούμενο


 * Russian: намёк
 * Turkish: bulaştırma, ima, dolaylı anlatım


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * German: Folge, Schlussfolgerung


 * Hungarian:
 * Macedonian:, следство
 * Russian:
 * Turkish: akıl yürütme, gerektirme, istidlal


 * French: implication

Noun

 * 1) implication

Etymology
From implicationem (accusative of implicatio).