Tra từ implication - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

im·pli·ca·tion AW [implication implications] BrE [ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn] NAmE [ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn] noun
1. countable, usually plural ~ (of sth) (for sth) a possible effect or result of an action or a decision
• They failed to consider the wider implications of their actions.
• The development of the site will have implications for the surrounding countryside.
2. countable, uncountable something that is suggested or indirectly stated (= sth that is implied)
• The implication in his article is that being a housewife is greatly inferior to every other occupation.
• He criticized the Director and, by implication, the whole of the organization.
3. uncountable ~ (of sb) (in sth) the fact of being involved, or of involving sb, in sth, especially a crime
Syn: ↑involvement
•He resigned after his implication in a sex scandal.

Word Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘entwining, being entwined’): from Latin implicatio(n-), from the verb implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’.

Example Bank:
•Given the resource implications involved, the plan will have to be scaled down.
•Her article attempts to draw out the implications of this argument.
•His remark seemed to have various possible implications.
•I resent the implication that I don't care about my father.
•In refusing to believe our story, he is saying by implication that we are lying.
•Now they realized the full implications of the new system.
•Several interesting implications arise from these developments.
•The broader implications of the plan were discussed.
•The emphasis on testing leads to greater stress among students and carries implications of failure.
•The implication is clear: young females do better if they mate with a new male.
•The research has far-reaching implications for medicine as a whole.
•Their work addresses the implications of new technology.
•These results have important practical implications.
•You need to consider the legal implications before you publish anything.
•a society that fully accepts the implications of disability
•disturbing implications about the company's future
•the constitutional implications of a royal divorce