Resting on another; trusting in the word or authority of another, without doubt or reserve; unquestioning; complete; as, implicit confidence; implicit obedience
Something that is implicit is expressed in an indirect way. This is seen as an implicit warning not to continue with military action explicit + implicitly im·plic·it·ly The jury implicitly criticised the government by their verdict. explicitly
If you say that someone has an implicit belief or faith in something, you mean that they have complete faith in it and no doubts at all. He had implicit faith in the noble intentions of the Emperor. = absolute + implicitly im·plic·it·ly I trust him implicitly
implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn"
- When the information is implied by the result of the action For example, implicit feedback is when a page changes as the result of a user's search request, rather than stating what has happened
being without doubt or reserve; "implicit trust" implied though not directly expressed; inherent in the nature of something; "an implicit agreement not to raise the subject"; "there was implicit criticism in his voice"; "anger was implicit in the argument"; "the oak is implicit in the acorn
indicates the association for which the statistics have been collected is with the column type or index type, and the object is an instance of that column type or index type
Within the context of reading, implicit describes an idea that can be understood from reading even though it is not expressed directly, as opposed to explicit, which directly states the idea