Definition, synonyms and related words
plural of implication
"The new policy has serious implications for small businesses that will require immediate adjustments to their budgets."
In plain English: Implications are the possible results or consequences of something that might happen because of it.
"The new law has serious implications for small business owners."
Usage: Use "implications" to refer to the potential consequences or meanings that follow from a specific action or statement. Avoid using it to describe the act of implying something directly, which should instead be phrased as "the implications are..." rather than treating the verb and noun interchangeably.
Derived from Latin implicare, meaning "to entangle" or "to involve," this term originally referred to things being physically interwoven before evolving to denote logical consequences.