implication

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).Equivalent to implicate +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === implication (countable and uncountable, plural implications) (uncountable) The act of implicating. (uncountable) The state of being implicated. (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. (Can we add an example for this sense?) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== Further reading ==== “implication”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “implication”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin implicātiō. By surface analysis, impliquer +‎ -ation. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === implication f (plural implications) involvement implication === Further reading === “implication”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012