Definition of "implication" in Englisch

noun

1. (uncountable) The act of implicating.

2. (uncountable) The state of being implicated.

3. (countable) A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.

   • Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment.

4. (countable, uncountable) An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.

5. (countable, logic) The connective in propositional calculus that, when joining two predicates A and B in that order, has the meaning "if A is true, then B is true".

6. Logical consequence.