- [countable, usually plural] a possible effect or result of an action or a decision
- They failed to consider the wider implications of their actions.
- implication (of something) for something The development of the site will have implications for the surrounding countryside.
Extra ExamplesTopics Change, cause and effectb2- Now they realized the full implications of the new system.
- The broader implications of the plan were discussed.
- The research has far-reaching implications for medicine as a whole.
- These results have important practical implications.
- You need to consider the legal implications before you publish anything.
- the constitutional implications of a royal divorce
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- considerable
- crucial
- enormous
- …
- carry
- have
- appreciate
- …
- arise
- be involved
- implication about
- implication for
- [countable, uncountable] something that is suggested or indirectly stated (= something that is implied)
- implication (that…) I resent the implication that I don't care about my father.
- by implication He criticized the Director and, by implication, the whole of the organization.
Extra Examples- In refusing to believe our story, he is saying by implication that we are lying.
- Her remark seemed to have various possible implications.
- The implication is clear: a lack of cybersecurity has become a danger to society worldwide.
- disturbing implications about the company's future
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- clear
- obvious
- possible
- …
- carry
- have
- understand
- …
- by implication
- [uncountable] implication (of somebody) (in something) the fact of being involved, or of involving somebody, in something, especially a crime synonym involvement
- He resigned after his implication in a sex scandal.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘entwining, being entwined’): from Latin implicatio(n-), from the verb implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’.
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