LEARNit Dictionary
implicature
noun
/ˈɪmplɪkətʃə(r)/
UK
/ˈɪmplɪkətʃər/
US
1
the act of suggesting that you feel or think something is true, without saying so directly
دلالت ضمنی, تلویح
2
something that you can understand from what is said, but that is not stated directly
مفهوم ضمنی, اشاره غیرمستقیم, تلویح
An implicature of ‘Some of my friends came’ is ‘Some of my friends did not come’.