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ENTAILMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does entailment mean?
• ENTAILMENT (noun)
The noun ENTAILMENT has 1 sense:
1. something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
Familiarity information: ENTAILMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Synonyms:
deduction; entailment; implication
Context example:
his resignation had political implications
Hypernyms ("entailment" is a kind of...):
illation; inference (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)
Derivation:
entail (have as a logical consequence)
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