# implication

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɪmpləˈkeɪʃən/ · frequency rank #13,735

## Definitions
1. The act of implicating.
2. The state of being implicated.
3. A possible, or indirect, effect or result of a decision or action.
4. An implying, or that which is implied, but not expressed; an inference, or something which may fairly be understood, though not expressed in words.
5. 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".
6. Logical consequence.

## Etymology
From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).Equivalent to implicate + -ion.

## Common misspellings (17)
`imlpication`, `immplication`, `impilcation`, `implciation`, `impliaction`, `implicaiton`, `implicasion`, `implicatino`, `implicationn`, `implicatoin`, `implicattion`, `impliccation`, `implictaion`, `impllication`, `impplication`, `ipmlication`, `miplication`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/implication