adjective
- implied, rather than expressly stated: implicit agreement.
- unquestioning or unreserved; absolute: implicit trust; implicit obedience; implicit confidence.
- potentially contained (usually followed by in): to bring out the drama implicit in the occasion.
- Mathematics. (of a function) having the dependent variable not explicitly expressed in terms of the independent variables, as x2 + y2 = 1.Compare explicit(def 6).
- Obsolete. entangled.
adjective
- not explicit; implied; indirectthere was implicit criticism in his voice
- absolute and unreserved; unquestioningyou have implicit trust in him
- (when postpositive, foll by in) contained or inherentto bring out the anger implicit in the argument
- maths (of a function) having an equation of the form f(x,y) = 0, in which y cannot be directly expressed in terms of x, as in xy + x ² + y ³ x ² = 0Compare explicit 1 (def. 4)
- obsolete intertwined
1590s, from Middle French implicite and directly from Latin implicitus, later variant of implicatus, past participle of implicare (see implication).