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.
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 or indicating that one or more persons may be involved, as in a crime: The implication of his accomplices came only after hours of grueling questioning by the police.
the state of being implicated: We recently heard of his implication in a conspiracy.
Usually implications.relationships of a close or intimate nature; involvements: the religious implications of ancient astrology.
Origin of implication
1400–50; late Middle English implicacio(u)n<Latin implicātiōn- (stem of implicātiō) an interweaving, equivalent to implicāt(us) (see implicate) + -iōn--ion
That has profound implications for people in California and, more fundamentally, how we manage infrastructure.
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By implication, the believers are saying that these vaunted names will generate enormous returns on the 20% of earnings they’re keeping to grow the business.
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The Northern Isles deployment confirmed their hypothesis, which could have implications for data centers on land.
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Sitting in my own backyard one afternoon this summer, my wife and I talked through the implications of this looming American future.
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Not to mention, the financial implications to you and your client.
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Outside of the absurdity of “blood splatter” flying through the air is the implication that Ebola can be “breathed” at all.
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The implication is that she might even have assisted her husband inflicting his superficial wounds.
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The implication of some German news stories is that he was almost a charity case.
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Yet another important barrier to addressing this issue is the implication for statin sales.
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The implication here is that they adopt the dress and mannerisms of men because they have failed as women.
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"It was as I say," Sim answered, as though hurt by the implication.
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And the Countess had to surrender, with an implication that it was the only course open in dealing with a lunatic.
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"Well, I don't care," said Philip, who was nettled by this implication.
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Such was really the agreement, that is, by implication, when we became engaged.
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But this now carries with it no implication of moral obliquity.
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British Dictionary definitions for implication
implication
/ (ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃən) /
noun
the act of implicating or the state of being implicated
something that is implied; suggestionthe implication of your silence is that you're bored
logic
the operator that forms a sentence from two given sentences and corresponds to the English if … then …
a sentence so formed. Usually written p→q or p⊃q, where p,q are the component sentences, it is true except when p (the antecedent) is true and q (the consequent) is false