1 ~ (in sth) suggested without being directly expressed:
Implicit in his speech was the assumption that they were guilty. * implicit criticism
2 ~ (in sth) forming part of sth (although perhaps not directly expressed):
The ability to listen is implicit in the teacher's role.
3 ~ (in sth) complete and not doubted:
She had the implicit trust of her staff.
compareEXPLICIT
implicitly adverb:
It reinforces, implicitly or explicitly, the idea that money is all-important. * I trust John implicitly.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for implicit is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is implicit a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, implicit is tagged as adjective.
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