Dictionary Check: implication
"implication" is a valid word!
Scrabble
17
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Words with Friends
22
points
Definition
noun
something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
Example:
"his resignation had political implications"
noun
a meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred
Example:
"the significance of his remark became clear only later"
noun
an accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection
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
noun
a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement)
Example:
"he was suspected of implication in several robberies"
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