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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024im•plic•it /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/USA pronunciation adj. - not stated directly;
implied:an implicit agreement. - unquestioning;
absolute;
complete:[usually: before a noun]implicit trust. - potentially contained;
part of a situation or circumstance that might be revealed;
inherent:aware of the drama implicit in the occasion of his death.
im•plic•it•ly, adv. : We agreed implicitly on most of the issues. im•plic•it•ness, n. [uncountable]See -plic-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024im•plic•it (im plis′it),USA pronunciation adj. - implied, rather than expressly stated:implicit agreement.
- unquestioning or unreserved;
absolute:implicit trust;implicit obedience;implicit confidence. - potentially contained (usually fol. by in):to bring out the drama implicit in the occasion.
- Mathematics(of a function) having the dependent variable not explicitly expressed in terms of the independent variables, as x2 + y2 = 1. Cf. explicit (def. 5).
- [Obs.]entangled.
- Latin implicitus involved, obscure, variant past participle of implicāre. See implicate, -ite2
- 1590–1600
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged inherent, complete, total.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: implicit /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/ adj - not explicit; implied; indirect
- absolute and unreserved; unquestioning: you have implicit trust in him
- (when postpositive,) followed by in: contained or inherent: to bring out the anger implicit in the argument
Etymology: 16th Century: from Latin implicitus, variant of implicātus interwoven; see implicateimˈplicitly adv imˈplicitness, imˈplicity n |