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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:
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objective
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French objectif, from Latin obiect?vus.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?b?d???k.t?v/, /?b?d???k.t?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /?b?d???k.t?v/
- Rhymes: -?kt?v
Adjective
objective (comparative more objective, superlative most objective)
- Of or relating to a material object, actual existence or reality.
- Not influenced by the emotions or prejudices.
- Based on observed facts; without subjective assessment.
- (grammar) Of, or relating to a noun or pronoun used as the object of a verb.
- (linguistics, grammar) Of, or relating to verbal conjugation that indicates the object (patient) of an action. (In linguistic descriptions of Tundra Nenets, among others.)
- 2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, ?ISBN
- The general finite stem is the verbal stem which serves as the basis of inflection in the indicative present and past in the subjective conjugation and the objective conjugation with the singular and dual object.
- 2014, Irina Nikolaeva, A Grammar of Tundra Nenets, Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter, ?ISBN
Usage notes
- Said of account, judgment, criteria, person, existence, or observation.
Antonyms
- subjective
Derived terms
- nonobjective
- objective correlative
- objectivity
Translations
Noun
objective (plural objectives)
- A material object that physically exists.
- A goal that is striven for.
- Objectives are the stepping stones which guide you to achieving your goals. They must be verifiable in some way, whether that?s statistically – ‘the more I do this, the better I get at it? – or by some other achievable concept such as getting the job or relationship that you want. It?s crucial that your objectives lead you logically towards your goal and are quantifiable.
- (grammar) The objective case.
- Synonyms: object case, objective case
- (grammar) a noun or pronoun in the objective case.
- The lens or lenses of a camera, microscope, or other optical device closest to the object being examined.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:goal
Translations
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b.??k.tiv/
- Homophone: objectives
Adjective
objective
- feminine singular of objectif
Latin
Adjective
object?ve
- vocative masculine singular of object?vus
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