implicit

See also: implícit

English

WOTD – 13 August 2007

Etymology

From Middle French implicite, from Latin implicitus, past participle of implico (“I infold, involve, entangle”); see implicate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪsɪt

Adjective

implicit (not comparable)

1. Implied indirectly, without being directly expressed
   • 1983, Ronald Reagan, Proclamation 5018:

     The Bible and its teachings helped form the basis for the Founding Fathers' abiding belief in the inalienable rights of the individual, rights which they found implicit in the Bible's teachings of the inherent worth and dignity of each individual.

2. Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown
3. Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
   • 1765, Anonymous, Considerations on Behalf of the Colonists:

     He is not only a zealous advocate for pusilanimous and passive obedience, but for the most implicit faith in the dictatorial mandates of power.

4. (obsolete) entangled, twisted together.
   • 1725, Homer, “Book IX”, in [William Broome], transl., The Odyssey of Homer. […], volume II, London: […] Bernard Lintot, →OCLC:

     In his deep fleece […] I cling implicit.

Synonyms

• (implied indirectly): implied, unspoken
• (contained in the essential nature): inherent, intrinsic
• (having no reservations): unconditional, unquestioning

Antonyms

• explicit

Derived terms

• implicit cognition
• implicit function
• implicitly
• implicitness

 

Related terms

• implicate
• implication
• implicative
• imply

Translations

implied indirectly

• Asturian: implícitu
• Belarusian: няяўны (njajaŭny)
• Bulgarian: косвен (bg) (kosven), загатнат (bg) (zagatnat), неявен (nejaven)
• Catalan: implícit, tàcit
• Chinese: 隱含的／隐含的 (zh), 隐含的 (zh) (yǐnhánde), 不言明的 (bùyánmíngde)
• Czech: implicitní (cs)
• Danish: implicit (da)
• Dutch: impliciet (nl)
• Finnish: epäsuora (fi), implisiittinen (fi)
• French: implicite (fr), tacite (fr)
• Galician: implícito
• German: implizit (de), stillschweigend (de)
• Greek: υπονοούμενος (el) m (yponooúmenos), σιωπηρός (el) m (siopirós)
• Hungarian: implicit (hu), hallgatólagos (hu), beleértett, bennfoglalt, utaló, ráutaló, burkolt (hu), kimondatlan (hu)
• Ido: implicita (io)
• Italian: implicito (it)
• Japanese: 暗黙の (ja) (anmoku no)
• Macedonian: имплици́тен m (implicíten), подразбран m (podrazbran)
• Occitan: implicit
• Persian: ضمنی‎ (fa) (zemni)
• Polish: domyślny (pl) m, domniemany (pl) m, niejawny m
• Portuguese: implícito (pt)
• Romanian: implicit (ro)
• Russian: нея́вный (ru) (nejávnyj), скры́тый (ru) (skrýtyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: fillte
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: имплицитан

  Roman: implicitan (sh)

• Spanish: implícito (es), tácito (es)
• Tagalog: hiwatig
• Turkish: örtülü (tr), üstü kapalı (tr)
• Ukrainian: прихований m (pryxovanyj), неявний m (nejavnyj)

contained in the essential nature

• Bulgarian: свойствен (bg) (svojstven)
• Catalan: implícit
• Chinese: 內含的／内含的 (zh), 内含的 (zh) (nèihánde), 固有的 (zh) (gùyǒude)
• Czech: implicitní (cs)
• Dutch: impliciet (nl)
• Finnish: implisiittinen (fi)
• French: inhérent (fr)
• German: implizit (de)
• Greek: εγγενής (el) m (engenís), σύμφυτος (el) m (sýmfytos)
• Hungarian: rejtett (hu), benne rejlő
• Italian: implicito (it)
• Japanese: 潜在的な (せんざいてきな, senzaiteki na)
• Macedonian: својствен m (svojstven), суштински m (suštinski)
• Plautdietsch: dietlich
• Portuguese: intrínseco (pt)
• Romanian: implicit (ro), inerent (ro)
• Russian: сво́йственный (ru) (svójstvennyj), прису́щий (ru) (prisúščij)
• Scottish Gaelic: fillte
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: инхерентан

  Roman: inherentan (sh)

• Ukrainian: властивий (uk) m (vlastyvyj), притаманний (uk) m (prytamannyj)

unquestioning or unconditional

• Bulgarian: несъмнен (bg) (nesǎmnen)
• Catalan: absolut (ca)
• Chinese: 無保留的／无保留的, 无保留的 (wúbǎoliúde), 無條件的／无条件的 (zh), 无条件的 (zh) (wútiáojiànde)
• Czech: bezvýhradný
• Dutch: absoluut (nl)
• Finnish: ehdoton (fi)
• French: absolu (fr), aveugle (fr)
• Greek: απεριόριστος (el) m (aperióristos), ανεπιφύλακτος (el) m (anepifýlaktos)
• Hungarian: fenntartás nélküli
• Italian: assoluto (it)
• Japanese: 絶対の (ja) (ぜったいの, zettai no), 絶対的な (ja) (ぜったいてきな, zettaiteki na)
• Macedonian: безусловен m (bezusloven), безрезервен m (bezrezerven)
• Polish: absolutny (pl) m, bezwarunkowy (pl) m
• Portuguese: absoluto (pt)
• Romanian: absolut (ro)
• Russian: безусло́вный (ru) (bezuslóvnyj), по́лный (ru) (pólnyj), безогово́рочный (ru) (bezogovóročnyj)
• Ukrainian: цілковитий (uk) m (cilkovytyj), безумовний (uk) m (bezumovnyj), повний m (povnyj)

Further reading

• “implicit”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “implicit”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Romanian

Etymology

From French implicite, from Latin implicitus.

Adjective

implicit m or n (feminine singular implicită, masculine plural impliciți, feminine and neuter plural implicite)

1. tacit

Declension

Declension of implicit

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	implicit		implicită	impliciți	implicite
	definite	implicitul		implicita	impliciții	implicitele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	implicit		implicite	impliciți	implicite
	definite	implicitului		implicitei	impliciților	implicitelor