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Implication and Difficulty

noun

  • Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied. )
    • usage: "his resignation had political implications"
  • A meaning that is not expressly stated but can be inferred.
    • usage: "the significance of his remark became clear only later"; "the expectation was spread both by word and by implication"
  • An accusation that brings into intimate and usually incriminating connection.
  • A logical relation between propositions p and q of the form `if p then q'; if p is true then q cannot be false.
  • A relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement. )
    • usage: "he was suspected of implication in several robberies"

noun

  • An effort that is inconvenient.
    • usage: "I went to a lot of trouble"; "he won without any trouble"; "had difficulty walking"; "finished the test only with great difficulty"
  • A factor causing trouble in achieving a positive result or tending to produce a negative result.
    • usage: "serious difficulties were encountered in obtaining a pure reagent"
  • A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome.
    • usage: "grappling with financial difficulties"
  • The quality of being difficult.
    • usage: "they agreed about the difficulty of the climb"