All 3 Uses of
implication
in
The Guardian, by Nicholas Sparks
- She halted for a moment, considering the question, before realizing the implications of what she was thinking.
Chpt 1 *implications = things that logically follow from
- He said it as a friend would, without implications, and she smiled.†
Chpt 21implications = results or consequences; or things suggested indirectly; or things that can be concluded
- Jennifer considered the implications.†
Chpt 36
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