Implication
noun
A possible future effect or result.
The implications of your decision are huge.
Often appears as...
- implications for
- implications of
noun
An idea that is communicated indirectly, through a suggestion or hint.
The implication in his speech was that they were all guilty.
Often appears as...
- negative implication
- subtle implication
noun
In logic, something that is suggested to be naturally followed from a proposition or hypothesis.
In logic, an implication is the relation between two propositions where if the first one is true, the second one must also be true.
Often appears as...
- logical implication
- direct implication
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Academic
noun
The act of suggesting or showing that someone is involved in a crime.
His implication in the scandal led to his downfall.
Often appears as...
- direct implication
- criminal implication
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Disapproving
noun
A possible future effect or result.
The implications of your decision are huge.
Often appears as...
- implications for
- implications of
noun
An idea that is communicated indirectly, through a suggestion or hint.
The implication in his speech was that they were all guilty.
Often appears as...
- negative implication
- subtle implication
noun
In logic, something that is suggested to be naturally followed from a proposition or hypothesis.
In logic, an implication is the relation between two propositions where if the first one is true, the second one must also be true.
Often appears as...
- logical implication
- direct implication
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The act of suggesting or showing that someone is involved in a crime.
His implication in the scandal led to his downfall.
Often appears as...
- direct implication
- criminal implication
Usage tips
Disapproving
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Pro Tip 1/3Future Consequences
Use 'implication' to talk about how today's actions may affect the future.
Not recycling has serious environmental implications.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Thinking
Understand 'implication' as something not yet happened but possible.
The implication of new laws could change how we travel.
Pro Tip 3/3Decision Weight
Use 'implication' to express the weight your decision carries.
Choosing a college has several implications for your career.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Consequences
Use 'implication' to talk about how today's actions may affect the future.
Not recycling has serious environmental implications.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Thinking
Understand 'implication' as something not yet happened but possible.
The implication of new laws could change how we travel.
Pro Tip 3/3Decision Weight
Use 'implication' to express the weight your decision carries.
Choosing a college has several implications for your career.
Pro Tip 1/3Future Consequences
Use 'implication' to talk about how today's actions may affect the future.
Not recycling has serious environmental implications.
Pro Tip 2/3Abstract Thinking
Understand 'implication' as something not yet happened but possible.
The implication of new laws could change how we travel.
Pro Tip 3/3Decision Weight
Use 'implication' to express the weight your decision carries.
Choosing a college has several implications for your career.
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Everything you think you...
You've got work you love. You've got people you love. You've got healthy relationships. And a core part of addiction, I came to think, and I believe the evidence suggests, is about not being able to bear to be present in your life. Now, this has really significant implications. The most obvious implications are for the War on Drugs.
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Your brain hallucinates...
So our experiences of the world around us and ourselves within it -- well, they're kinds of controlled hallucinations that have been shaped over millions of years of evolution to keep us alive in worlds full of danger and opportunity. We predict ourselves into existence. Now, I leave you with three implications of all this.
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Ideasthesia: How do...
Our sensory perceptions are shaped by our conceptual understanding of the world. and the two are so connected that one cannot exist without the other. If this model suggested by ideasthesia is accurate, it may have major implications for some of the biggest scientific and philosophical issues surrounding the study of mind.
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Time is memory and you...
that when your neural activity patterns are more similar it has the consequence of bringing the Associated items into a closer more integrated memory trace and you remember those items as having been encountered closer in time together so the important implication here is that even when the external environment is
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String theory - Brian...
microscopic landscape of our universe all around us would look like this on the tiniest of scales when you swing your hand you'd be moving around these extra dimensions over and over again but they're so small that we wouldn't know it so what is the physical implication though relevant to those twenty numbers
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Concrete Tent PIPE I Didn't...
becomes completely solid now the implications of this new technology are far-reaching because it's going to allow people to erect permanent structures but in a fraction of the time that it would have done using traditional building techniques the concrete canvas begins life in waterproof plastic sheeting for
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Who are you, really? The...
All of these dimensions have implications for our well-being, for how our life goes. And so we know that, for example, openness and conscientiousness are very good predictors of life success, but the open people achieve that success through being audacious
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Sleep is your superpower...
and therefore protecting them, making them safe. And it is important that we understand what during sleep actually transacts these memory benefits, because there are real medical and societal implications. And let me just tell you about one area
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Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
accept it in fuse with it and attach together whilst kind of protecting itself against the elements is something we're not entirely sure how it does yet, but new research could figure it out and make our implications for medicine in terms
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Einstein's brilliant...
Albert Einstein played a key role in launching quantum mechanics through his theory of the photoelectric effect but remained deeply bothered by its philosophical implications.
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Everything you think you...
You've got work you love. You've got people you love. You've got healthy relationships. And a core part of addiction, I came to think, and I believe the evidence suggests, is about not being able to bear to be present in your life. Now, this has really significant implications. The most obvious implications are for the War on Drugs.
Video examples
Your brain hallucinates...
So our experiences of the world around us and ourselves within it -- well, they're kinds of controlled hallucinations that have been shaped over millions of years of evolution to keep us alive in worlds full of danger and opportunity. We predict ourselves into existence. Now, I leave you with three implications of all this.
Video examples
Ideasthesia: How do...
Our sensory perceptions are shaped by our conceptual understanding of the world. and the two are so connected that one cannot exist without the other. If this model suggested by ideasthesia is accurate, it may have major implications for some of the biggest scientific and philosophical issues surrounding the study of mind.
Video examples
Time is memory and you...
that when your neural activity patterns are more similar it has the consequence of bringing the Associated items into a closer more integrated memory trace and you remember those items as having been encountered closer in time together so the important implication here is that even when the external environment is
Video examples
String theory - Brian...
microscopic landscape of our universe all around us would look like this on the tiniest of scales when you swing your hand you'd be moving around these extra dimensions over and over again but they're so small that we wouldn't know it so what is the physical implication though relevant to those twenty numbers
Video examples
Concrete Tent PIPE I Didn't...
becomes completely solid now the implications of this new technology are far-reaching because it's going to allow people to erect permanent structures but in a fraction of the time that it would have done using traditional building techniques the concrete canvas begins life in waterproof plastic sheeting for
Video examples
Who are you, really? The...
All of these dimensions have implications for our well-being, for how our life goes. And so we know that, for example, openness and conscientiousness are very good predictors of life success, but the open people achieve that success through being audacious
Video examples
Sleep is your superpower...
and therefore protecting them, making them safe. And it is important that we understand what during sleep actually transacts these memory benefits, because there are real medical and societal implications. And let me just tell you about one area
Video examples
Deep Sea Anglerfish Sex...
accept it in fuse with it and attach together whilst kind of protecting itself against the elements is something we're not entirely sure how it does yet, but new research could figure it out and make our implications for medicine in terms
Video examples
Einstein's brilliant...
Albert Einstein played a key role in launching quantum mechanics through his theory of the photoelectric effect but remained deeply bothered by its philosophical implications.
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Theodore Dalrymple
English Writer
The idea that man is a tabula rasa, or Mao's sheet of blank paper upon which the most beautiful characters can be written, is an old one with disastrous implications. I do not think though that the cults you mention could survive honest thought about human nature.
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Lisa Randall
American Physicist
What I do is very theoretical. It won't necessarily have implications for anything anyone is doing tomorrow, yet you know that there's a sense of progress in science, and as we understand more, it just turns out that, somehow, the world evolves with us.
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Jon Watts
American Director
It's really cool to do, like, a 'Harry Potter' evolution because you can really take your time with the character development: really, like, don't rush past the implications of great power and great responsibility.
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Tomi Lahren
American Journalist
First and foremost, immigration is important to me. I think immigration has implications for everything else that is done. So securing the border, that would be priority one for me. That is, to me, most important.
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Jonathan Raban
British Author
The trouble with ghostwriting is that it raises the issue of whether the president is in a state of diminished responsibility for what he says. Does he actually grasp the implications of the words he speaks?
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Tom Waits
American Musician
But then I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.
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P. L. Travers
Australian Writer
I think that 'Mary Poppins' needs a subtle reader, in many respects, to grasp all its implications, and I understand that these cannot be translated in terms of the film.
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Pierre Nanterme
French Businessman
Without question, intelligent technologies will continue to disrupt the world as we know it. There will be profound implications, both positive and negative.
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Tzipi Livni
Israeli Politician
Mr. Obama's call to support genuine democracy has implications for the kinds of elections the international community promotes and endorses.
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Blythe Masters
American Businesswoman
I've always been motivated to innovate where the implications are significant.
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Theodore Dalrymple
English Writer
The idea that man is a tabula rasa, or Mao's sheet of blank paper upon which the most beautiful characters can be written, is an old one with disastrous implications. I do not think though that the cults you mention could survive honest thought about human nature.
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Lisa Randall
American Physicist
What I do is very theoretical. It won't necessarily have implications for anything anyone is doing tomorrow, yet you know that there's a sense of progress in science, and as we understand more, it just turns out that, somehow, the world evolves with us.
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Jon Watts
American Director
It's really cool to do, like, a 'Harry Potter' evolution because you can really take your time with the character development: really, like, don't rush past the implications of great power and great responsibility.
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Tomi Lahren
American Journalist
First and foremost, immigration is important to me. I think immigration has implications for everything else that is done. So securing the border, that would be priority one for me. That is, to me, most important.
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Jonathan Raban
British Author
The trouble with ghostwriting is that it raises the issue of whether the president is in a state of diminished responsibility for what he says. Does he actually grasp the implications of the words he speaks?
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Tom Waits
American Musician
But then I'm one of those guys that is still a bit afraid of the telephone, its implications for conversation. I still wonder if the jukebox might be the death of live music.
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P. L. Travers
Australian Writer
I think that 'Mary Poppins' needs a subtle reader, in many respects, to grasp all its implications, and I understand that these cannot be translated in terms of the film.
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Pierre Nanterme
French Businessman
Without question, intelligent technologies will continue to disrupt the world as we know it. There will be profound implications, both positive and negative.
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Tzipi Livni
Israeli Politician
Mr. Obama's call to support genuine democracy has implications for the kinds of elections the international community promotes and endorses.
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Blythe Masters
American Businesswoman
I've always been motivated to innovate where the implications are significant.
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