ENTAIL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does entail mean? 

• ENTAIL (noun)
  The noun ENTAIL has 2 senses:

1. land received by fee tail

2. the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple

  Familiarity information: ENTAIL used as a noun is rare.

• ENTAIL (verb)
  The verb ENTAIL has 3 senses:

1. have as a logical consequence

2. impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result

3. limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs

  Familiarity information: ENTAIL used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ENTAIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Land received by fee tail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Hypernyms ("entail" is a kind of...):

acres; demesne; estate; land; landed estate (extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("entail" is a kind of...):

change (the action of changing something)

• ENTAIL (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they entail    ... he / she / it entails   
Past simple: entailed   
Past participle: entailed   
-ing form: entailing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have as a logical consequence

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

entail; imply; mean

Context example:

The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers

Hypernyms (to "entail" is one way to...):

necessitate (cause to be a concomitant)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Derivation:

entailment (something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Synonyms:

entail; implicate

Context example:

What does this move entail?

Hypernyms (to "entail" is one way to...):

lead (tend to or result in)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Sense 3

Meaning:

Limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

entail; fee-tail

Hypernyms (to "entail" is one way to...):

bequeath; leave; will (leave or give by will after one's death)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

He was eager that I should break the entail, and he was of opinion that it lay in my power to do so.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

That would obviously be inconvenient and unpleasant to the customers, besides entailing on the Blue Whatever-it-was, the risk of funeral expenses.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Old Lord Ingram's estates were chiefly entailed, and the eldest son came in for everything almost.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

I should be ashamed of having one that was only entailed on me.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

The situation that surfaced, no matter what it may have entailed, might not be fully resolved yet, so you could still be thinking about what you’d like to with what you learned.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The finding opens the door to a better understanding of the molecular origins of age-related neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's, which all entail protein damage.

(Study reveals how collapse of protein processes is driver of aging and death, National Science Foundation)

My participation in some of his adventures was always a privilege which entailed discretion and reticence upon me.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This method entails the attachment of a drug to the surface of nanoparticles.

(Nanoparticle-Mediated Drug Delivery, NCI Thesaurus)

Relocation of malignant cells during metastasis can be restricted to movement within a specific tissue/organ or may entail migration to a distal locus within the body.

(Distant metastasis, NCI Thesaurus)

Self-enhancing humour, meanwhile, entails maintaining a humorous outlook in potentially stressful and adverse situations.

(Self-defeating humour promotes psychological well-being, University of Granada)