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implicit
01
suggesting something without directly stating it
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
qualitative
Superlative
most implicit
Comparative
more implicit
gradable
Examples
His implicit approval was evident from the nod of his head.
02
existing in a way that is unquestioned
Examples
She had an implicit belief in justice, never doubting its triumph.
03
always to be found in or essentially connected with something
Examples
The implicit dangers in the technology were revealed only after it was widely used.
04
referring to a relationship or equation where one variable is defined in terms of others without being explicitly solved for
Examples
In implicit differentiation, derivatives are taken without explicitly solving for the function.
Lexical Tree
implicitly
implicitness
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