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IMPLICATIVE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does implicative mean?
• IMPLICATIVE (adjective)
The adjective IMPLICATIVE has 1 sense:
1. tending to suggest or imply
Familiarity information: IMPLICATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to suggest or imply
Synonyms:
implicative; suggestive
Context example:
an implicative statement
Similar:
connotative (having the power of implying or suggesting something in addition to what is explicit)
Derivation:
imply (express or state indirectly)
imply (suggest as a logically necessary consequence; in logic)
imply (have as a logical consequence)
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