implication
IPA: ɪmpɫʌkˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- (uncountable) The act of implicating.
- (uncountable) The state of being implicated.
- (countable) A possible effect or result of a decision or action.
- (countable, uncountable) 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, logic) 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".
- Logical consequence.
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Examples of "implication" in Sentences
- Granted, you write it much nicer than Lowell does, but the implication is there just the same.
- DID NOT make me the color that I am. the implication is the enemy is white folks ... and in the last example, the enemy is??
- The plain implication is that the Bush administration is stashing Bin Laden somewhere, or somehow keeping his arrest in reserve, for an “October surprise.”
- The main implication is that the dripping water puts out the pilot from time to time, so unless you're constantly checking, you never know when your shower will be hot or cold.
- ** UPDATE** James Danziger "objects" on his blog to what he calls the implication that defining yourself as an 'artist' as opposed to a 'photographer' makes you more important and gives you a special privilege.
- The implication is that the greater expense associated with compromises is undesirable, and it would be better to select one of the two suggestions, rather than incur the additional expense of trying to make both parties happy.
- The juxtaposition of this telling color with the anti-golf slur can manages to convey both despair at the loss of human life as well as a fierce contempt for those who would use this procedure as a remedy for the products of recreational sex -- though really, the implication is almost undermined by the almost-too-obvious analogy with golf's "have fun getting the ball in the hole" objective.
- Second, the argument that because the government can do some things, it can do "anything" - and the implication is that "anything" includes all kinds of bad stuff - may be true in theory, but that's exactly why our Founding Fathers put a system of "checks and balances" in place, including a court system to decide on the constitutionality of laws passed by Congress and signed by the President.
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