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单词 entail
释义

entail

1 of 2

verb

en·​tail in-ˈtāl How to pronounce entail (audio)
en-
entailed; entailing; entails

transitive verb

1
: to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
the project will entail considerable expense
2
: to restrict (property) by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof
3
a
: to confer, assign, or transmit (something) for an indefinitely long time : to confer, assign, or transmit as if by entail
entailed on them indelible disgrace Robert Browning
b
: to fix (a person) permanently in some condition or status
entail him and his heirs unto the crown William Shakespeare
entailer
in-ˈtā-lər How to pronounce entail (audio)
en-
noun

entail

2 of 2

noun

en·​tail ˈen-ˌtāl How to pronounce entail (audio) in-ˈtāl How to pronounce entail (audio)
1
a
: a restriction especially of lands by limiting the inheritance to the owner's lineal descendants or to a particular class thereof
b
: an entailed (see entail entry 1 sense 2) estate
2
: something transmitted as if by entail

Synonyms

Verb

  • carry
  • comprehend
  • contain
  • embrace
  • encompass
  • include
  • involve
  • number
  • subsume
  • take in
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Example Sentences

Verb Pregnancy involves the bodily dependence of the unborn child on its mother; in many cases, it entails a significant physical burden. Cathleen Kaveny, Commonweal, 4 May 2007 … it was a Master Highlighter Event, a two-day guest appearance by one of Kinkade's specially trained assistants, who would highlight any picture bought during the event for free. Highlighting a picture is not that different from highlighting your hair: it entails stippling tiny bright dots of paint on the picture to give it more texture and luminescence. Susan Orlean, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2001 Life is a difficult and complicated enterprise. It entails joy but also suffering, gain but also loss, hope but also despair. Neal Gabler, Life: The Movie, 1998 Discourse is a social as well as an intellectual activity; it entails interaction between minds, and it revolves around something possessed in common. David A. Hollinger, In the American Province, (1985) 1992 He accepted the responsibility, with all that it entails. a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense See More
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Verb
An evening spent with Ibsen is inevitably going to entail a reckoning with evaded truth. Charles Mcnulty, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2022 And improvements in one area almost always entail trade-offs elsewhere. Christopher Flavelle, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 That plan doesn’t appear to entail actually housing people, however. Lauren Lee White, The New Republic, 19 Aug. 2022 The pair go into the details of what being a professor is supposed to entail, and Katz describes how the profession has devolved from a vocation and to a job. Nr Staff, National Review, 8 July 2022 The effort will entail building mobile games off intellectual property tied to Sony’s PlayStation console. Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2022 That could entail moving from its recent rate increases of three-quarters of a percentage point to half-point moves in coming months. Jeanna Smialek, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022 Doing so would entail greater defense spending and cooperation with South Korea, as well as openly discussing a response to China’s threats to reunite Taiwan with the motherland. Richard J. Samuels, WSJ, 28 July 2022 Without bus service, getting her son who attends South to school will entail driving some 140 miles every day, between two round-trips to the school and their home. Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Verb and Noun

Middle English entailen, entaillen, from en- entry 1 + taile, taille limitation — more at tail entry 4

First Known Use

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Legal Definition

entail 1 of 2

transitive verb

en·​tail in-ˈtāl How to pronounce entail (audio)
: to make (an estate in real property) a fee tail : limit the descent of (real property) by restricting inheritance to specific descendants who cannot convey or transfer the property
estates are entailed entire on the eldest male heir Benjamin Franklin

entail

2 of 2

noun

1
: an act or instance of entailing real property
also : the practice of entailing property
the repeal of the laws of entail would prevent the accumulation and perpetuation of wealth in select families Thomas Jefferson
see also De Donis Conditionalibus
2
: an entailed estate in real property
if entails had not become barrable Eileen Spring
3
: the fixed line of descent of an entailed estate

History and Etymology for entail

Transitive verb

Middle English entaillen, from en-, causative prefix + taille restriction on inheritance see tail

entail

verb

as in to involve
to have as part of a whole a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • involve
  • include
  • encompass
  • contain
  • carry
  • comprehend
  • comprise
  • number
  • subsume
  • embrace
  • take in
  • possess
  • receive
  • have
  • incorporate
  • constitute
  • own
  • embody
  • admit
  • bracket
  • form
  • integrate
  • hold
  • consist (of)
  • compose
  • assimilate
  • make

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • prevent
  • preclude
  • exclude
  • leave (out)
  • prohibit
  • omit
  • eliminate
  • refuse
  • deny
  • miss out
  • ban
  • reject
  • bar
  • debar
  • except
  • lose
  • rule out
  • misplace
  • mislay
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