implicate

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Pronunciation

• (verb) IPA: /ˈɪmplɪkeɪt/
• (noun) IPA: /ˈɪmplɪkət/

Verb

implicate (implicates, present participle implicating; past and past participle implicated)

1. (transitive, with “in”) To show to be connected or involved in an unfavorable or criminal way.

   The evidence implicates involvement of top management in the scheme.

2. To imply, to have as a necessary consequence or accompaniment.

   What did Nixon's visit to China implicate for Russia?

3. (pragmatics) To imply without entailing; to have as an implicature.
4. (archaic) To fold or twist together, intertwine, interlace, entangle, entwine.

Related terms

• implication
• implicative
• implicature
• implicit
• implicitness
• imply

Translations

• French: impliquer
• Italian: implicare
• Portuguese: implicar
• Russian: вовлекать
• Spanish: implicar

Translations

• German: implikatieren

Translations

• French: impliquer
• Italian: implicare

Noun

implicate (plural implicates)

1. (philosophy) The thing implied.

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