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to entail
01
to require or involve certain actions, conditions, or consequences as a necessary part of a situation or decision
Transitive: to entail certain actions or conditions | to entail doing sth
Examples
Completing the project on time entails working overtime if necessary.
02
to necessitate or result in a logical consequence or outcome
Transitive: to entail a consequence or outcome
Grammatical Information
action verb
regular
present tense
entail
3rd person singular
entails
past simple
entailed
past participle
entailed
Examples
Insufficient funds currently entail the need for careful budgeting.
03
to legally restrict the inheritance of property to specific heirs within a family for several generations
Transitive: to entail a property
Examples
The estate was entailed to ensure it stayed within the noble family.
Entail
01
the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
Grammatical Information
animacy status
inanimate
plural form
entails
02
land received by fee tail
Lexical Tree
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