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Implication

Definitions: Implication

Implication

Noun

1. Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied); "his resignation had political implications".

2. A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred; "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication".

3. A charge that implicates someone (usually of wrongdoing).

4. A logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false.

5. A relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement); "he was suspected of implication in several robberies".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "implication" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Etymology: Implication \Im`pli*ca"tion\, noun. [Latin expression implicatio: compare to the French expression implication.]. (Websters 1913)



Specialty Definitions: Implication

DomainDefinitions

Math

The boolean implies function. (references)

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Specialty Definition: Implication

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

This is a disambiguation page; that is, one that just points to other pages that might otherwise have the same name. If you followed a link here, you might want to go back and fix the link, so that it points to the appropriate page.

In logic, an implication is a kind of conditional. See conditional.

In pragmatics (linguistics), implication has a different meaning.

In medical diagnosis and in forensics or scientific investigation of a condition, a hypothetical cause is implicated when a reason for the condition can be found, given that cause.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Implication."

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Synonyms: Implication

Synonyms: conditional relation (n), deduction (n), entailment (n), import (n), logical implication (n), significance (n). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Implication

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Complexity

Noun: complexity; complexness; Adjective: complexus; complication, implication; intricacy, intrication; perplexity; network, labyrinth; wilderness, jungle; involution, raveling, entanglement; coil; (convolution); sleave, tangled skein, knot, Gordian knot, wheels within wheels; kink, gnarl, knarl; webwork.

Imagination

Synonym; implication, allusion; (latency); suggestion; (information); figure of speech; acceptation; (interpretation).

Latency Implication

Indirect, crooked, inferential; by inference, by implication; implicit; constructive; allusive, covert, muffled; steganographic; understood, underhand, underground; delitescent, concealed.

Implication, logical implication; logical consequence; entailment.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Implication

English words defined with "implication": absolute, Allusivelyconclusiveexplicit, expressedhigh financeImplicatively, Impliedly, innuendo, insinuationlogical implicationmeaningpregnantresulting trustsignificant. (references)
Specialty definitions using "implication": 420brochureware, bug-for-bug compatiblecrash and burnexecutor according to the tenorgoretsIf you want X, you know where to find it.Lambda-Prolog, legacy systemnaive user, nasal demons, natural deductionpessimising compiler, pessimizing compiler, point-and-drool interface, Predestinationrecompile the world, reinvent the wheelsoft inclusion, some random X, symbolic inferencethe X that can be Y is not the true X, tunnel rightUnix weenievoodoo programmingwizard hat. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Implication" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (complicity, connotation, embroilment, entanglement, implication, implying, involvement).

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Modern Usage: Implication

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Then, by implication, you think you're smarter than I am, since it was you who caught me. (Red Dragon; writing credit: Ted Tally)

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Commercial Usage: Implication

DomainTitle

Books

  • Abortion: Medical Progress and Social Implication - Symposium No. 115 (reference)

  • Asymptotic Symmetry and Its Implication in Elementary Particle Physics (reference)

  • Becoming a Family: Parents' Stories and Their Implication for Practice, Policy, and Research (reference)

  • Human Resources Development Review: Research and Implication (reference)

  • Implication of the Asian Crisis on Sustainable Industrial and Technological Development in the Asia-Pacific Region (reference)

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Music

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Non-Fiction Usage: Implication

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

These techniques also allow implication of a specific rodent host in areas of overlapping hosts. (references)

Dagan R, Leibovitz E, Leiberman A, Yagupsky P. Clinical significance of antibiotic resistance in acute otitis media and implication of antibiotic treatment on carriage and spread of resistant organisms. (references)

Another cost implication lies in the fact that there is no funded special education category specifically for ADHD, which leaves these students underserved, and there is currently no tracking or monitoring of children with ADHD who are served outside of special education. (references)

Economic History

Haiti

This recent weakening of the economy has serious implication for future economic development as well as efforts to improve the general standard of living. (references)

Estonia

With the August 1995 discovery that some Estonian politicians had been subjected to illegal surveillance, including wiretaps (referred to as Estonia's "Watergate"), the country faced its most severe political and constitutional test since regaining independence in 1991. After dismissing Interior Minister Edgar Savisaar for his implication in the scandal, Prime Minister Vahi submitted his cabinet's resignation. (references)

Human Rights

Equatorial Guinea

A subsequent investigation resulted in the implication and replacement of the President of the Supreme Court, two other justices, and the Secretary of the Court. (references)

Political Economy

Pakistan

In November 1996, however, President Leghari dismissed the Bhutto government, charging it with corruption, mismanagement of the economy, and implication in extra-judicial killings in Karachi. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

PREDESTINATION, n. The doctrine that all things occur according to programme. This doctrine should not be confused with that of foreordination, which means that all things are programmed, but does not affirm their occurrence, that being only an implication from other doctrines by which this is entailed. The difference is great enough to have deluged Christendom with ink, to say nothing of the gore. With the distinction of the two doctrines kept well in mind, and a reverent belief in both, one may hope to escape perdition if spared.

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Speeches: Implication

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837The powers exercised by the Federal Government would soon be regarded with jealousy by the State authorities, and originating as they must from implication or assumption, it would be impossible to affix to them certain and safe limits.

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Usage Frequency: Implication

"Implication" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Implication" is used about 1,329 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%1,3295,978

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Expressions: Implication

Expressions using "implication": by implication logical implication. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Implication

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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13

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7

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6

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4

cryptography legal implication

4

definition implication

3

implication nursing

3

distance education implication

3

implication property rental tax

3

branding economic implication

3
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Modern Translations: Implication

Language Translations for "implication"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

përzierje (admixture, amalgamation, blend, chow-chow, commixture, composite, compound, confection, conglomeration, fusion, hash, immixture, interference, interfusion, intermixture, involvement, kneading, malaxation, medley, melange, mingle-mangle, mix, mixing, mixture, olio, omnium gatherum, pasticcio, pastiche, promiscuity, salmagundi, shuffle, stir, stirring, temper), ngatërrim (bewilderment, confusion, embarrassment, embroilment, entanglement, involution, jumble, mess, mingle-mangle, mixing, mixture, muddiness, muss), ndërlikim (complexity, complication, involution, sophistication), nënkuptim (subaudition). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏توريط (entanglement), ‏تضمين (embodiment, implying, inclusion, modulation), ‏إشتراك (collaboration, participation, partnership, subscription). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

въвличане (embroilment), впримчване, нещо което се подразбира, намесване, загатване (allusion, inkling), замесване (involution), извод (conclusion, consequence, consequent, corollary, illation, inference, outlet, rider, terminal). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

涵义. (various references)

   

Czech

  

implikace, zapletení (entanglement, involution), narážka (allusion, cue, hint, innuendo, insinuation, pointer), náznak (evidence, hint, inkling, insinuation, intimation, overtones, savor, smack, suggestion, suspicion, trace, undertone), dùsledek (consequence, corollary, inference, ramification, result, sequel). (various references)

   

Danish

  

implikation. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

implicatie. (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مفهوم (Concept, Context, Effect, Hang, Implicit, Intelligible, Intention, Moral, Purporst, Sense, Significance, Sound, Substance, Tacit), مستلزم بودن (Entail, Implicate), معنی (Abstract, Connotation, Definition, Drift, Effect, Idea, Innuendo, Intent, Moral, Purporst, Sense, Significance), دلالت . (various references)

   

French

  

implication (conditional implication operation, implying). (various references)

   

German

  

implikation, verwicklung (complication, confusion, embroilment, entanglement, imbroglio, intricacy, intrigue, involvement), Folgerung (conclusion, deduction, inference, ratiocination). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

συμπερασμόσ (conjecture), υπαινιγμόσ (allusion, hint, inkling, insinuation, intimation, suggestion), ενοχή (blame, criminality, culpability, culpableness, guilt, guiltiness), ενοχοποίηση (imputation, incrimination, inculpation). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

משמעות (connotation, meaning, purport, sense, significance, signification), "שלכ" (cast, fling, import, projection, throw, throwing away), "שתמעות (being heard), רמיז" (allusion, beckon, cue, hint, mention), רמז (allusion, clue, cue, hint, indication, inkling, intimation, sign, tinge, tip, tip off, wink, winking), סבוך (complication, confusion, entanglement, intricacy, shaggy). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

belevonás, belekeveredés (entanglement, involvement), burkolt célzás (intimation), beleértés (inclusion). (various references)

   

Italian

  

implicazione. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

包含 (comprehension, inclusion), 係累 (complicity, dependents, encumbrances). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

が"い (favorable sense, good faith, good intentions, good will, object of an application), が"ちく (complications of a problem, connotation, depth of meaning, significance), ないが", ふくみ (atmosphere, hidden meaning, inclusion, latitude, sentiment, tone), どうざ (entanglement, involvement, sitting together, the same theater), ほうが" (ancient Chinese sacrificial ritual, cannon ball, comprehension, inclusion, shell, shots), ほうよう (Buddhist memorial service, comprehension, embrace, falconry, hawking, holding in one's arms, hug, magnanimity, toleration), いみあい (nuance), れ"るい (complicity, involvement), インプリケーション , るい (base, class, evil influence, family, genus, involvement, kind, sort, thin, trouble, weak), けいるい (complicity, dependents, encumbrances, ties). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

연루. (various references)

   

Manx

  

keeayllaghey (imply, import), cur ass lheh (implicate), bree (animation, drift, effect, energy, essence, exhalation, gist, glow, importance, initiative, interpretation, inwardness, power, significance, stamina, validity, vigour, virtue). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

innvikling, innblanding (interference, involvement). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

implicationay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

insinuação (hint, innuendo, insinuation, instillation, instilment, overture, suggestion, whisper, whispering), implicação (involvement), implicação, sugestão (contrivance, flam, hint, innuendo, insinuation, intimidate, proposal, suggestion, whisper), fazer supor (presuppose), envolvimento (coating, encapsulating, encapsulation, enclasp, enrobing, envelopment, involution, involvement, overlay), complicação (complicacy, complication, difficulty, embroilment, intricacy, involution, involvement, perplexity, Ravel, tangle). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

implicare (immixture, inculpation, involvement), implicaţie (inference). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

вовлечение (involvement), замешанность, причастность, подразумеваемое. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

upletenost (embroilment, immixture). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

implicación (involvement). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

innebörd (content, import, purport, signification, tenor). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

ima etme (innuendo), içine sokma (intromission, sticking in), içerme (containment, inclusion, subsumption), dolaylı anlatma (finger post), dolaşma (circuit, going around, kink, perambulation, ride, roam, Sally, walkabout, winding), bulaştırma (blurring, contamination, infection, transmission). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

залучення (entanglement), приховане значення, причетність (privity). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự xoắn lại (contortion, convolute, interlacement), sự tết lại, sự liên can, sự lôi kéo v o, sự dính líu (involvement, touch), ẩn ý (by-end, implicate), điều ngụ ý (implicate). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Implication

Derivations

Words beginning with "implication": implications. (additional references)

Words ending with "implication": nonimplication. (additional references)

Words containing "implication": nonimplications. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Implication" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: amplication, implcation, implecation, implemation, implicaiton, implination. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Implication"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "implication" (pronounced i'mplukā"shun)
9-m p l u k ā" sh u ncomplication.
8-p l u k ā" sh u napplication, duplication, explication, misapplication, multiplication, replication.
7-l u k ā" sh u nallocation, misallocation, reallocation.
6-u k ā" sh u nacidification, adjudication, advocation, amplification, authentication, avocation, certification, classification, codification, communication, convocation, decertification, dedication, deification, desiccation, disqualification, diversification, domestication, edification, education, equivocation, eradication, excommunication, falsification, fortification, gasification, gratification, identification, indication, intensification, intoxication, invocation, magnification, medication, miscommunication, modification, notification, nullification, ossification, pacification, personification, pontification, prefabrication, prognostication, provocation, purification, qualification, quantification, ramification, ratification, recertification, reclassification, rectification, rededication, reunification, revocation, sanctification, saponification, suffocation, unification, verification, vilification, vindication.
5-k ā" sh u nabdication, altercation, bifurcation, clarification, confiscation, demarcation, detoxication, detoxification, disembarkation, dislocation, echolocation, electrification, embarkation, evocation, fabrication, gentrification, glorification, indemnification, justification, location, lubrication, misidentification, mummification, obfuscation, publication, relocation, simplification, sophistication, specification, syndication, telecommunication, vacation, vocation.
4-ā" sh u nabbreviation, aberration, abomination, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, activation, adaptation, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alphabetization, alteration, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authorization, automation, aviation, balkanization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, coagulation, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communization, compensation, compilation, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, divination, documentation, domination, donation, dramatization, duration, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gastrulation, generalization, generation, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, gradation, graduation, granulation, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indentation, indexation, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, machination, magnetization, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscreation, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, nucleation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, punctuation, quotation, radiation, radicalization, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recitation, reclamation, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, recuperation, redecoration, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanitation, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, specialization, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, summation, superstation, tabulation, taxation, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, vibration, victimization, violation, visitation, visualization, vulgarization, westernization.
3-sh u nabduction, abolition, abortion, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, faction, fashion, fiction, fission, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation.

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Anagrams: Implication

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-p-t"

-1 letter: politician.

-2 letters: ciliation, complaint, compliant, impaction, impolitic, limonitic, plication.

-3 letters: amniotic, comitial, complain, implicit, inimical, optician, palmitin, platinic, platonic.

-4 letters: aplitic, apomict, campion, capitol, caption, cipolin, coalpit, comitia, complin, impaint, implant, incipit, initial, intimal, lampion, limacon, maintop, militia, oilcamp, optical, optimal, paction, picolin, pinitol, pintail, politic, potamic, ptomain, tampion, timpani, timpano, topical.

-5 letters: action, alnico, aminic, anomic, atomic, atonic, atopic, camion, caplin, cation, catlin, catnip, citola, coital, copalm, impact, inclip, intima, italic, latino, limina, limnic, lipoma, maloti, manioc, manito, mantic, miotic, oilcan, oilman, optima, pianic, pionic, pitman, plaint, pliant, pontil, potman, talion, tampon, tincal.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-i-i-i-l-m-n-o-p-t"
 

+1 letter: implications.

 

+2 letters: amplification.

 

+3 letters: amplifications, misapplication, multiplication, nonimplication, simplification.

 

+4 letters: exemplification, incomparability, incompatibility, misapplications, multiplications, nonimplications, simplifications.

 

+5 letters: companionability, compensabilities, exemplifications, municipalization, pinealectomizing.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Implication


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 6D 70 6C 69 63 61 74 69 6F 6E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

..    --    .--.    .-..    ..    -.-.    .-    -    ..    ---    -.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01101101 01110000 01101100 01101001 01100011 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#109 &#112 &#108 &#105 &#99 &#97 &#116 &#105 &#111 &#110

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 006D 0070 006C 0069 0063 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4379827875696786758180

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Quotations: Speeches
8. Usage Frequency
9. Expressions
10. Expressions: Internet
11. Translations: Modern
12. Derivations
13. Rhymes
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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