n.
Pronunciation: ˌ im-pl ə - ' k ā -sh ə n
Function: noun
Date: 15th century
1 a : the act of implicating : the state of being implicated b : close connection especially : an incriminating involvement
2 a : the act of implying : the state of being implied b (1) : a logical relation between two propositions that fails to hold only if the first is true and the second is false ― see TRUTH TABLE table (2) : a logical relationship between two propositions in which if the first is true the second is true (3) : a statement exhibiting a relation of implication
3 : something implied: as a : SUGGESTION b : a possible significance <the book has political implication s >
– im · pli · ca · tive \ ' im-pl ə - ˌ k ā -tiv, im- ' pli-k ə - \ adjective
– im · pli · ca · tive · ly adverb
– im · pli · ca · tive · ness noun