All 4 Uses of
implication
in
Hard Times
- 'Tom, do you believe the man I gave the money to, is really implicated in this crime?'†
Chpt 2.8 (definition 1)
- No implicated man or woman took untimely courage, or made a self-betraying step.†
Chpt 3.4 (definition 1)
- Do you believe him to be implicated?'†
Chpt 3.4 (definition 1) *
- After which offensive implication, he cut himself a crust of bread, and threw the knife down with a noise.†
Chpt 3.9 (definition 2) *
Definitions:
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(1) (implication as in: Her implication in the crime) involvement in or the suggestion that someone was involved in something -- especially a crime
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(2) (implication as in: the implication is that...) Something that follows from something else.The thing that follows could be:
- something suggested indirectly (not said directly)
- something that can be concluded (often a logical consequence)
- something that results from something else