direct implication

collocation in English

meaningsofdirectandimplication

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direct
adjective
uk
/daɪˈrekt/us
/daɪˈrekt/
going in a straight line towards somewhere or someone without stopping or ...
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implication
noun
uk
/ˌɪm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌɪm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
an occasion when you seem to suggest something without saying ...
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(Definition ofdirectandimplicationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdirect implication

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Such a representation reflects thedirectimplicationof sovereigns in scientific patronage on both sides.
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By contrast, the criterion of consumer sovereignty is not adirectimplicationof the principle of normative individualism.
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Onedirectimplicationof this constraint is that, in a given context, features belonging to fewer objects - corresponding to hypotheses with smaller sizes - should be assigned higher weights.
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Onedirectimplicationis that they demonstrate that children who were quite young at the time of exposure to events can remember them over long periods.
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They do not have adirectimplicationso far as individual citizens are concerned.
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There was a moredirectimplication.
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Each code will be unique to its particular application form and, bydirectimplication, to a particular person.
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Because they all benefit shareholders, they have adirectimplicationfor the compensation terms.
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That is thedirectimplicationof the amendments.
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They also have adirectimplicationfor what is happening now, what should happen or what is likely to happen in the next few months.
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Thedirectimplicationof the paper is that the arm's length companies will have to raise money from the private sector.
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Because they all benefit shareholders they have adirectimplicationfor the compensation terms.
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Therefore, the allegation that petrol has sharply increased in price and has adirectimplicationfor the mobility allowance is somewhat misplaced.
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What is thedirectimplicationof his remarks?
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It would not, in fact, carry any suchdirectimplication.
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That is thedirectimplicationof the order.
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These findings have direct implications regarding workplace policies and practices : women with both work and caring commitments clearly require flexibility in work schedules.
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Until it is replicated, we remain reserved about any interpretation of this finding's direct implications.
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However, this has no direct implications for explaining the increasing role of regionalist policies in the narrow meaning.
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