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   Im·plic·it

   /imˈplisət/

   

   adjective

   • 1. implied though not plainly expressed: "comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies" Similar impliedindirectinferredunderstoodhintedsuggesteddeducibleunspokenunexpressedundeclaredunstatedunsaidtacitunacknowledgedsilenttaken for grantedtaken as readassumedinherentlatentunderlyinginbuiltincorporatedfundamentalOpposite explicitdirectexplicitdirect
   • 2. essentially or very closely connected with; always to be found in: "the values implicit in the school ethos"
   • 3. with no qualification or question; absolute: "an implicit faith in God" Similar absolutecompleteentiretotalwholeheartedperfectsheerutterunqualifiedunconditionalunreservedunadulteratedunalloyedundilutedpositiveunshakenunshakeableunhesitatingunquestioningfirmsteadfastconstantOpposite limited
   • 4. (of a function) not expressed directly in terms of independent variables.

   Word Origin late 16th century: from French implicite or Latin implicitus, later form of implicatus ‘entwined’, past participle of implicare (see imply).

   Derivatives

   • 1. implicitness noun

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