Both Uses of
implication
in
In Cold Blood
- Slowly, Susan grasped the implication, but it was ludicrous.†
Chpt 1implication = something suggested indirectly; or something that can be concluded; or a result
- Shultz had a score of charges, but underlying them all was the implication that because of community pressure, Fleming and Smith had deliberately neglected their duties.†
Chpt 4 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(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
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(2)
(implication as in: Her implication in the crime) involvement in or the suggestion that someone was involved in something -- especially a crime