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entail
[ verb en-teyl; noun en-teyl, en-teyl ]
verb (used with object)
- to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence:
a loss entailing no regret.
- to impose as a burden:
Success entails hard work.
- Law. to limit the passage of (real estate) to a specified line of heirs, so that it cannot be transferred or bequeathed to anyone else.
- Law. to cause (anything) to descend to a fixed series of possessors.
noun
- the act of entailing.
- Law. the state of being entailed.
- any predetermined order of succession, as to an office.
- Law. something that is entailed, as an estate.
- Law. the rule of descent settled for an estate.
entail
/ ɪˈٱɪ /
verb
- to bring about or impose by necessity; have as a necessary consequence
this task entails careful thought
- property law to restrict (the descent of an estate) to a designated line of heirs
- logic to have as a necessary consequence
noun
- property law
- the restriction imposed by entailing an estate
- an estate that has been entailed
Derived Forms
- ˈٲ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·ٲ· noun
- ·ٲ·Գ noun
- ··ٲ verb (used with object)
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of entail1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of entail1
Example Sentences
While trail restoration entails abating nuisances like poodle-dog from the pathway, it’s not always feasible to banish it entirely from the area.
“It entailed the two of them educating each other in the art of songwriting and doing so from scratch,” Leslie writes.
The artwork is primarily conceptual and performance, avoiding some of the stickier issues of transport, storage and insurance most museum loans entail.
This often entails employees being visibly non-white enough to display diversity, but not so non-white as to make their coworkers uncomfortable through speech or standards of dress.
But she’s doing so here as an unmarried Black woman with all the unspoken freight that entails.
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