implicit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.
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.
entangled, twisted together.

/ɪmˈplɪsɪt/ en-us-implicit.ogg en-au-implicit.ogg /ˈɪmplɨsɪʈ/

implicit

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

implied tacit unspoken inherent intrinsic unconditional unquestioning

explicit

implicate implication implicative imply

implicit cognition implicit function implicitization implicitly implicit modeling implicitness implicity unimplicit

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