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implication
English
Etymology
From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mpl??ke???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
Noun
implication (countable and uncountable, plural implications)
- (uncountable) The act of implicating.
- (uncountable) The state of being implicated.
- (countable, usually in the plural) A possible effect or result of a decision or action.
- (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.
- 2011, Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
- But we can also take a more analytical attitude to these displays, interpreting the movements as no more than approachings, touchings, and departings with no implication that one shape caused the other to move.
- 2011, Lance J. Rips, Lines of Thought: Central Concepts in Cognitive Psychology (page 168)
- (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".
- Logical consequence. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Derived terms
- material implication
- strict implication
Related terms
- implicate
- implicative
- implicature
- implicit
- implicitness
- imply
Translations
Further reading
- implication in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- implication in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
French
Etymology
From Latin implic?ti?.
Pronunciation
Noun
implication f (plural implications)
- implication
Related terms
- impliquer
Further reading
- “implication” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
implication From the web:
- what implication means
- what implications does this have
- what implications are the clowns making
direction
English
Etymology
From Middle English direccioun, from Old French direccion, from Latin d?r?cti?. Equivalent to direct +? -ion
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /d(a)????k.??n/
- Rhymes: -?k??n
Noun
direction (countable and uncountable, plural directions)
- A theoretical line (physically or mentally) followed from a point of origin or towards a destination. May be relative (e.g. up, left, outbound, dorsal), geographical (e.g. north), rotational (e.g. clockwise), or with respect to an object or location (e.g. toward Boston).
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- Just before Warwick reached Liberty Point, a young woman came down Front Street from the direction of the market-house. When their paths converged, Warwick kept on down Front Street behind her, it having been already his intention to walk in this direction.
- 1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
- A general trend for future action.
- Guidance, instruction.
- The work of the director in cinema or theater; the skill of directing a film, play etc.
- (dated) The body of persons who guide or manage a matter; the directorate.
- (archaic) A person's address.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 218:
- Her aunt Leonella was still at Cordova, and she knew not her direction.
- 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, page 218:
Derived terms
Related terms
- direct
Translations
Anagrams
- cretinoid
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin d?r?cti?, d?r?cti?nem.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.??k.sj??/
Noun
direction f (plural directions)
- (spatial) direction
- (figuratively) direction
- government
- (figuratively) the director of the administration/organisation
- (occasional, figurative) the territory administered by a government
Derived terms
- direction assistée
Related terms
- directeur
- diriger
Descendants
- ? Turkish: direksiyon
Further reading
- “direction” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Interlingua
Noun
direction (plural directiones)
- direction (orientation, point where one is headed)
- direction, leadership, control, supervision
direction From the web:
- what direction does the nile river flow
- what direction am i facing
- what direction does the sunrise
- what direction does the earth rotate
- what direction is the wind blowing
- what direction does the sunset
- what direction is an undefined slope
- what direction does the moon rise
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