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# implication

«implication» in Mova's school dictionary: **A possible result or effect that something will have later** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (an implication, implications)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A possible result or effect that something will have later. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implication/#m1)

2) Something that is suggested but not said directly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implication/#m2)

3) (formal) Being shown to be part of something bad, as in his implication in the crime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implication/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In formal writing and exams: «What are the implications of this result?» means «What will it lead to?». In reading lessons pupils find implications — what a writer hints at. In science: the implications of pollution for animals. Phrases: by implication, serious implications.

### examples

- Think about the implications before you decide. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implication/#x1)
- The implication was that we had been lazy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implication/#x2)
- Climate change has big implications for polar bears. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implication/#x3)
- By implication, she was saying I was wrong. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implication/#x4)
- The new rule has implications for every class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implication/#x5)
- What is the implication of this graph? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implication/#x6)

### note

Countable. Verb: imply (implies, implied). Do not confuse with «implicate» (to show someone was part of a crime) though they are related. In maths logic, «implication» means «if… then».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «implication» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/implication/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.