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implicit

Pronunciation: /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/

The English word “implicit” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed; Implied.
  2. Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown.
  3. Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
  4. entangled, twisted together.

Etymology

From Middle French implicite, from Latin implicitus, past participle of implico (“to infold, involve, entangle”); see implicate.

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