Implications ˌɪmplɪˈkeɪʃn Article Noun Bre Failed Wider Actions

• they failed to consider the wider implications of their actions.
• the development of the site will have implications for the surrounding countryside.
• the implication in his article is that being a housewife is greatly inferior to every other occupation.
• he criticized the director and, by implication, the whole of the organization.

implication

1. a possible effect or result of an action or a decision
• They failed to consider the wider implications of their actions.
• The development of the site will have implications for the surrounding countryside.
2. something that is suggested or indirectly stated (= something that is implied)
• The implication in his article is that being a housewife is greatly inferior to every other occupation.
• He criticized the Director and, by implication, the whole of the organization.
3. the fact of being involved, or of involving somebody, in something, especially a crime
• synonym involvement
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/involvement
• He resigned after his implication in a sex scandal.

Extra Examples

• Given the resource implications involved, the plan will have to be scaled down.
• Her article attempts to draw out the implications of this argument.
• His remark seemed to have various possible implications.
• I resent the implication that I don’t care about my father.
• In refusing to believe our story, he is saying by implication that we are lying.
• Now they realized the full implications of the new system.
• Several interesting implications arise from these developments.
• The broader implications of the plan were discussed.
• The emphasis on testing leads to greater stress among students and carries implications of failure.
• The implication is clear: young females do better if they mate with a new male.
• The research has far-reaching implications for medicine as a whole.
• Their work addresses the implications of new technology.
• These results have important practical implications.
• You need to consider the legal implications before you publish anything.
• a society that fully accepts the implications of disability
• disturbing implications about the company’s future
• the constitutional implications of a royal divorce

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘entwining, being entwined’): from Latin implicatio(n-), from the verb implicare, from in- ‘in’ + plicare ‘to fold’.