implication

noun

(countable) A possible, or indirect, 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.

(uncountable) The act of implicating.

(uncountable) The state of being implicated.

Roots

plicoplic- · Latin · fold

Synonyms for implication

entailmentn significancen insinuationn inferencen connotationn allusionn denotationn intensionn innuendon presuppositionn consequencen

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Where does implication come from?

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