ALL meanings of implicature
im·pli·ca·ture
I i - noun implicature potential inference that is not logical entailment. 1
- noun implicature The action of implying a meaning beyond the literal sense of what is explicitly stated, e.g., saying the frame is nice and implying I don’t like the picture in it. 1
- noun implicature (pragmatics) An implied meaning that is not expressed directly. 0
- noun implicature a proposition inferred from the circumstances of utterances of another proposition rather than from its literal meaning, as when an academic referee writes the candidate's handwriting is excellent to convey that he has nothing relevant to commend 0
- noun implicature the relation between the uttered and the inferred statement 0