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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024en•tail /ɛnˈteɪl/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object]- to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence: This project will entail a lot of work.
en•tail•ment, n. [uncountable]See -tail-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024en•tail (v. en tāl′;n. en tāl′, en′tāl),USA pronunciation v.t. - to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence:a loss entailing no regret.
- to impose as a burden:Success entails hard work.
- Lawto limit the passage of (a landed estate) to a specified line of heirs, so that it cannot be alienated, devised, or bequeathed.
- Lawto cause (anything) to descend to a fixed series of possessors.
n. - the act of entailing.
- Lawthe state of being entailed.
- any predetermined order of succession, as to an office.
- Lawsomething that is entailed, as an estate.
- Lawthe rule of descent settled for an estate.
- Middle English entailen (verb, verbal), entail (noun, nominal). See en-1, tail2 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: entail /ɪnˈteɪl/ vb (transitive)- to bring about or impose by necessity; have as a necessary consequence: this task entails careful thought
- to restrict (the descent of an estate) to a designated line of heirs
- to have as a necessary consequence
n - the restriction imposed by entailing an estate
- an estate that has been entailed
Etymology: 14th Century: entaillen, from en-1 + taille limitation, tail²enˈtailer n |