Definition of "implicatures" [implicatures]

• Plural form of implicature. (noun)

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• "Grice called implicatures of the kind exemplified conventional, since it is a standing feature of the word"
• "This either suggests that for some reason people weren't computing implicatures in their study or that the other quantifiers were really slow or that Polish, the language they used, is just different."
• "These words have certain tendencies, connotations, and implicatures that can make one more or less fitting for a given situation."