US /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/ UK /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    implied though not plainly expressed; absolute and unquestioning

    There was an implicit understanding that the matter would stay private.

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1 adj · implied though not plainly... impliedtacitunspokeninherentunquestioningabsolute
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Etymology

From Latin implicitus, variant past participle of implicare ('to entangle, involve'), from in- ('in') + plicare ('to fold').

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