implicit

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something
adjective being without doubt or reserve

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

Have I not promised implicit obedience? — Eloisa : $b or, A series of original letters, Jean-Jacques Rousseau
“You have implicit faith in Holmes?” he asked. — The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle
Disraeli has implicit faith in this de Hausee. — Robert Orange: Being a Continuation of the History of Robert Orange, John Oliver Hobbes

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