## Meanings
1. A possible effect or result of an action or decision in the future.
2. Something that is suggested or hinted at without being said directly.
3. The fact of being involved in something, especially a crime.

## Examples
- Dumping waste in the river will have serious implications for the environment.
- The implication of his comment was that I had made a mistake.
- He denied any implication in the robbery.

## Derived Forms
- implicational
- misimplication
- nonimplication

## Related Forms
- implicate
- implicative
- implicature
- implicit
- implicitness
- imply

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: implication
- Root: implicationem

## Etymology
From Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).Equivalent to implicate + -ion.

## AI Etymology
Implication comes from Middle French implication, from Latin implicationem (accusative of implicatio).Equivalent to implicate + -ion. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “A possible effect or result of an action or decision in the future” and “Something that is suggested or hinted at without being said directly”.

## Topics
- Cause, Change & Process

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