Definition of implication in English

The conclusion that can be drawn from something although it is not explicitly stated.

The action or state of being involved in something.

Implication in Swahili

Implication in Swahili is translated depending on the above definitions:

Implication as a conclusion is translated as: maana or kidokezi.

Implication as a state of being involved is translated as: kuhusisha or kuingiza.

Examples of implication in Swahili in sentences

• Tulishika habari za kuhusika kwake katika njama. (We heard of his implication in a conspiracy.)
• Kidokezi hicho kilichukua muda kuzama. (The implication took a while to sink in.)
• Alitabasamu, lakini kidokezi kilikuwa kwamba haniamini. (He smiled, but the implication was that he didn’t believe me.)
• Kwa kidokezi ananiomba nijiuzulu. (He is by implication requesting me to resign.)
• Maana ilikuwa wazi: tupigie kura au utaaibika sana. (The implication was obvious: vote for us or it will be very embarrassing for you.)
• Ninakasirika na kidokezi kwamba sijali kuhusu baba yangu. (I resent the implication that I don’t care about my father.)
• Maana ya msururu huu wa hoja ni kwamba utandawazi wa mtaji ni uharibifu. (The implication of this line of reasoning is that globalization of capital is destructive.)
• Kidokezi ni wazi: wanawake wachanga wanafanya vizuri zaidi ikiwa wataungana na mwanaume mpya. (The implication is clear: young females do better if they mate with a new male.)
• Alishtaki chama na, kwa kidokezi, kiongozi wake pia. (He accused the party and, by implication, its leader too.)
• Kidokezi ni kwamba betri hii hudumu mara mbili ya betri zingine. (The implication is that this battery lasts twice as long as other batteries.)
• Kidokezi katika makala yake ni kwamba kuwa mama wa nyumbani ni duni sana kuliko kazi nyingine yoyote. (The implication in his article is that being a housewife is greatly inferior to every other occupation.)
• Inamaanisha, njia zingine zilikuwa zinatokana na tabia zisizo za kawaida. (By implication, other approaches were based on irrational behaviour.)
• Hili lina kidokezi cha kushangaza sana. (This has a rather surprising implication.)
• Hii tayari ina kidokezi cha kushangaza kuhusu jinsi nafasi na muda zinapaswa kuonekana. (This already has a remarkable implication with regard to the way that space and time should be viewed.)
• Iwe tutafanya hivyo moja kwa moja au kwa kidokezi, tunathamini maisha ya binadamu. (Whether we do so directly or by implication, we place a value on human life.)
• Kwa kukataa kuamini hadithi yetu, anasema kwa kidokezi kwamba tunadanganya. (In refusing to believe our story, he is saying by implication that we are lying.)
• Athari hii ya kuenea katika nafasi ya awamu ina kidokezi kingine cha kushangaza. (This spreading effect in phase space has another remarkable implication.)