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{
"term": "implication",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"academic": true,
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a possible effect or result of an action or a decision",
"sensetop": "implication (of something) for something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They failed to consider the wider implications of their actions."
},
{
"text": "The development of the site will **have implications for** the surrounding countryside.",
"contextForm": "implication (of something) for something"
},
{
"text": "Now they realized the full implications of the new system."
},
{
"text": "The broader implications of the plan were discussed."
},
{
"text": "The research has far-reaching implications for medicine as a whole."
},
{
"text": "These results have important practical implications."
},
{
"text": "You need to consider the legal implications before you publish anything."
},
{
"text": "the constitutional implications of a royal divorce"
}
],
"topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["considerable", "crucial", "enormous"],
"verb + implication": ["carry", "have", "appreciate"],
"implication + verb": ["arise", "be involved"],
"preposition": ["implication about", "implication for"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "something that is suggested or indirectly stated (= something that is implied)",
"sensetop": "implication (that…)by implication",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I resent the implication that I don't care about my father.",
"contextForm": "implication (that…)"
},
{
"text": "He criticized the Director and, by implication, the whole of the organization.",
"contextForm": "by implication"
},
{
"text": "In refusing to believe our story, he is saying by implication that we are lying."
},
{
"text": "Her remark seemed to have various possible implications."
},
{
"text": "The implication is clear: a lack of cybersecurity has become a danger to society worldwide."
},
{
"text": "disturbing implications about the company's future"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["clear", "obvious", "possible"],
"verb + implication": ["carry", "have", "understand"],
"preposition": ["by implication"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the fact of being involved, or of involving somebody, in something, especially a crime",
"sensetop": "implication (of somebody) (in something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He resigned after his implication in a sex scandal."
}
],
"synonyms": "involvement"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn/",
"audio": "im/implication/implication__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn/",
"audio": "im/implication/implication__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘entwining, being entwined’): from Latin implicatio(n-), from the verb implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’."
}