{
    "term": "implication",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a possible effect or result of an action or a decision",
            "sensetop": "implication (of something) for something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They failed to consider the wider implications of their actions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The development of the site will **have implications for** the surrounding countryside.",
                    "contextForm": "implication (of something) for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Now they realized the full implications of the new system."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The broader implications of the plan were discussed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The research has far-reaching implications for medicine as a whole."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These results have important practical implications."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You need to consider the legal implications before you publish anything."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the constitutional implications of a royal divorce"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["considerable", "crucial", "enormous"],
                "verb + implication": ["carry", "have", "appreciate"],
                "implication + verb": ["arise", "be involved"],
                "preposition": ["implication about", "implication for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "something that is suggested or indirectly stated (= something that is implied)",
            "sensetop": "implication (that…)by implication",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I resent the implication that I don't care about my father.",
                    "contextForm": "implication (that…)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He criticized the Director and, by implication, the whole of the organization.",
                    "contextForm": "by implication"
                },
                {
                    "text": "In refusing to believe our story, he is saying by implication that we are lying."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her remark seemed to have various possible implications."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The implication is clear: a lack of cybersecurity has become a danger to society worldwide."
                },
                {
                    "text": "disturbing implications about the company's future"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["clear", "obvious", "possible"],
                "verb + implication": ["carry", "have", "understand"],
                "preposition": ["by implication"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the fact of being involved, or of involving somebody, in something, especially a crime",
            "sensetop": "implication (of somebody) (in something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He resigned after his implication in a sex scandal."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "involvement"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "im/implication/implication__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn/",
                "audio": "im/implication/implication__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘entwining, being entwined’): from Latin implicatio(n-), from the verb implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’."
}