Her words contained an implicit threat.implicitim‧pli‧cit /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/ ●○○ AWL adjective 
Her words contained an implicit threat. His statement is being seen as implicit criticism of the work of research laboratories.2formal forming a central part of something, but without being openly statedimplicit in Confidentiality is implicit in your relationship with a counselor.3complete and containing no doubtsimplicit faith/trust/belief They had implicit faith in his powers.—implicitly adverb: They believed implicitly in their own superiority.
WORD ORIGINimplicit
Origin:
1500-1600 Latin implicatus, past participle of implicare; ➔ IMPLICATEEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Levy's statement could be understood as an implicit admission of guilt.
- Her implicit plan of action is to manage peo-ple in the same fashion she always has.
- In the case of the land-user, implicit discount rates tend to be very high, particularly for the disadvantaged.
- It has to be possible to produce spontaneously original sentences which are based on implicit rules which allow generalisation.
- Planning and reviewing should be implicit in any team meeting - as much as the actual activity.
- Sometimes these are clearly stated but more often than not they are implicit in attitudes and actions.
- The clause was criticized by some as giving implicit authority to the army to stage further coups should they be deemed necessary.
- The individual receives an implicit yield on money because of its convenience value as a means of payment.
- The very notion of development and change over time is contained within the notion of implicit and explicit aspects of attitudes.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Her words contained an implicit threat. They had implicit faith in his powers.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
Her words contained an implicit threat. They had implicit faith in his powers.· The second aspect seems even more important: it warns against false generalisations and implicit assumptions.· We begin interactions with an implicit assumption that other people determine and control their behaviour.· It relates to two powerful but implicit assumptions in the messages of women's magazines.· The implicit assumption is that investors can borrow and lend at the riskless rate of interest.· The basic problem is that most methods make implicit assumptions about the way the brain is organized.· The implicit assumption of the naive Phillips curve was that the expected rate of inflation was zero.· The implicit assumption as to why this should be so is that questions of law are for the ordinary courts.· Another weakness is the implicit assumption that underlying meaning can always be formulated in words.
· A wartime usefulness was found and implicit criticisms were not developed.· In answer, one might presume that implicit justifications can exist to deal with implicit criticisms.· This implicit justification also contains the seeds of its own implicit criticism.
· The important thing to remember is to have implicit faith in the instrument indications, ignoring any contrary physical sensations.· Today few fund managers have such implicit faith in property as an inflation-proof investment.
· Is there not an implicit threat of legal proceedings in even the first demand for payment of a debt?· The implicit threat of disease curtailed summer pleasures for the children of the polio years.
WORD FAMILYadjectiveimplicit ≠ explicitadverbimplicitly ≠ explicitly
1suggested or understood without being stated directly OPP explicitimplicit criticism/threat/assumption Her words contained an implicit threat. His statement is being seen as implicit criticism of the work of research laboratories.2formal forming a central part of something, but without being openly statedimplicit in Confidentiality is implicit in your relationship with a counselor.3complete and containing no doubtsimplicit faith/trust/belief They had implicit faith in his powers.—implicitly adverb: They believed implicitly in their own superiority.