noun · 11 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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/ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/
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rhymes with -eɪʃən
CMU ARPABET:IH2 M P L AH0 K EY1 SH AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
The act of implicating.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The state of being implicated.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Examples
Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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5
noun
Meaning 5
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".
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1én Proto-Italic *en Proto-Italic *en- Latin in- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pleḱ-der. Latin plicō Latin implicō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin implicātiōnemder. Middle French implicationder. English implication From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio). Equivalent to implicate + -ion.
Across languages
Translations
66 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
gevolg
— possible effect or result of a decision or action
Afrikaans:
uitwerking
— possible effect or result of a decision or action
Esperanto:
implicaĵo
— possible effect or result of a decision or action
German:
Auswirkung
— possible effect or result of a decision or action
German:
Folge
— possible effect or result of a decision or action
German:
Tragweite
— possible effect or result of a decision or action
German:
Bedeutung
— possible effect or result of a decision or action
Italian:
implicazione
— possible effect or result of a decision or action
Italian:
risvolto
— possible effect or result of a decision or action
Swedish:
följd
— possible effect or result of a decision or action
Swedish:
konsekvens
— possible effect or result of a decision or action
Afrikaans:
implikasie
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Bulgarian:
подтекст
(podtekst)
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Dutch:
implicatie
— that which is implied, but not expressed
German:
Andeutung
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Greek:
υπονοούμενο
(yponooúmeno)
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Greek:
υποκείμενο συμπέρασμα
(ypokeímeno sympérasma)
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Greek:
υποκείμενη συνέπεια
(ypokeímeni synépeia)
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Irish:
impleacht
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Italian:
implicazione
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Malay:
implikasi
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Russian:
намёк
(namjók)
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Serbo-Croatian:
implikacija
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Serbo-Croatian:
dublji smisao
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Serbo-Croatian:
dublje značenje
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Spanish:
precesión
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Spanish:
reticencia
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Spanish:
aposiopesis
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Turkish:
bulaştırma
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Turkish:
ima
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Turkish:
dolaylı anlatım
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Ukrainian:
підте́кст
(pidtékst)
— that which is implied, but not expressed
Arabic:
تَلَازُم
(talāzum)
— logical connective
Chinese Mandarin:
含意
(hányì)
— logical connective
Chinese Mandarin:
意味
(yìwèi)
— logical connective
Chinese Mandarin:
含義 /含义
(hányì)
— logical connective
Chinese Mandarin:
涵義 /涵义
(hányì)
— logical connective