implicit
/ɪmˈplɪsɪt/
implicit adjective: suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed; Implied.
Adjective
implicit (not comparable)
- Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed; Implied.
- Poets often leave behind an implicit message within their words.
- The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible's teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual.1983, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5018
- Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown.
- Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
- He is not only a zealous advocate for pusilanimous and passive obedience, but for the most implicit faith in the dictatorial mandates of power.1765, anonymous author, Considerations on Behalf of the Colonists
- Synonyms:
- unconditional, unquestioning
- entangled, twisted together.
- In his deep fleece […] I cling implicit.1725, Homer, “Book IX”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC
implicit meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
implicit in Tamil
- உள்ளடக்கமான, ஐயுறாத, பொருள் தொக்கி நிற்கிற, முழுநிறைவான, உள்ளர்த்தமுள்ள, வெளிப்படையிலாத
implicit in Urdu
- خفیہ ربط, مطلق, پیچیدہ, کامل یقین
implicit in Bengali
- অন্তর্নিহিত
implicit in Malayalam
- ആക്ഷേപമറ്റ, ആഴത്തിൽ വേരൂന്നിയ, നിർവിവാദം, വ്യക്തം
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- implicit in Kannada
- ಅಡಗಿರುವ, ನೇರವಲ್ಲದ, ಧ್ವನಿತ, ಅಂತರ್ಗತ
- implicit in Gujarati
- ગર્ભિત
- implicit in Tagalog
- hiwatig
- implicit in Persian
- ضمنی zemni
Examples of implicit in a sentence
- The pragmatic strategies can be divided into three types, namely, explicit, modified, and implicit self-denigration.
- There will just be an implicit split between esports players and “pubbie” players.
- We conducted two experiments that, in contrast with prior work, employed implicit methods.
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Origin of implicit
From Middle French implicite, from Latin implicitus, past participle of implico (“to infold, involve, entangle”); see implicate.
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Questions about implicit
- What does implicit mean?
- Implicit means suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed; Implied.
- What is implicit in Tamil?
- Implicit in Tamil is உள்ளடக்கமான, ஐயுறாத, பொருள் தொக்கி நிற்கிற. See Implicit meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is implicit?
- Implicit is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce implicit?
- Implicit is pronounced /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/.
Words near implicit in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: implicit (page history and authors); implicit (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); implicit (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); implicit (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); implicit (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); implicit (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); implicit (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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