implication

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Synonyms: amplication, explication, implications, application, plication, imploration, complication, replication, implicative, implicating, imbrication

Antonyms: amplication, explication, implications, application, plication, imploration, complication, replication, implicative, implicating, imbrication

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|act}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} The act of [[implicate|implicating]].
2. {{senseid|en|state}} {{lb|en|uncountable}} The state of being [[implicate]]d.
3. {{senseid|en|consequence}} {{lb|en|countable}} A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
4. {{lb|en|countable|uncountable}} An [[imply]]ing, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
5. {{senseid|en|logic}} {{lb|en|countable|logic}} The [[connective]] in [[propositional calculus]] that, when joining two [[predicate]]s A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".
6. Logical consequence. {{rfex|en}}

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