implicature Syllabification: (im·pli·ca·ture)Pronunciation: /ˈimplikəCHər/Definition of implicature noun 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. a meaning so implied. implicature in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of implicature in the British & World English dictionary
