implicit

Meaning

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

Frequency

39k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪmˈplɪsɪt/
Etymology

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

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