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im·plic·it / imˈplisit/ • adj. 1. implied though not plainly expressed: comments seen as implicit criticism of the policies. ∎  (implicit in) essentially or very closely connected with; always to be found in: the values implicit in the school ethos.2. with no qualification or question; absolute: an implicit faith in God.3. Math. (of a function) not expressed directly in terms of independent variables.DERIVATIVES: im·plic·it·ly adv.im·plic·it·ness n.

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