implication
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
his resignation had political implications
Types & categories
- inference hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 noun
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
the significance of his remark became clear only later
Types & categories
- meaning hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
Types & categories
- accusation hypernym
- unspoken accusation hyponym
- insinuation hyponym
Related & opposite
- incriminate derivation
- implicate derivation
Sense 4 noun
a logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false
Types & categories
- logical relation hypernym
Related & opposite
- imply derivation
- entail derivation
- implicational derivation
Sense 5 noun
a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
he was suspected of implication in several robberies
Types & categories
- involvement hypernym
Related & opposite
- incriminate derivation
- implicate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | entail |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | entail |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | involve |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inference |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | imply |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | spell |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | entail |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | meaninga |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | meaning |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | incriminate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | implicate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | accusation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | unspoken accusation |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | insinuation |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | imply |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | entail |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | implicational |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | logical relation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | incriminate |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | implicate |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | involvement |