implications

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

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Where does implications come from?

The word implications breaks down into one root of Latin origin: the root plic-, from Latin plico (“fold”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.