entailment

[ en-teyl-muhnt ]

/ ɛnˈteɪl mənt /

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noun

the act or fact of entailing, or involving by necessity or as a consequence: The logical entailment of this approach is that the right way to design a curriculum is to make it free of bias.

something involved as a necessary part or consequence of something: Long hours of work are an entailment of the job.

Linguistics. a relationship between two sentences such that if the first is true, the second must also be true, as in Her son drives her to work every day and Her son knows how to drive.

Origin of entailment

entail + -ment

OTHER WORDS FROM entailment

pre·en·tail·ment, noun

Words nearby entailment

ENT, entablature, entablement, entad, entail, entailment, ental, entameba, entamebiasis, entamoeba, entangle

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Example sentences from the Web for entailment

Were Canaan's posterity to endure the entailment of its disabilities and woes, until the end of time?
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British Dictionary definitions for entailment

entailment

/ (ɪnˈteɪlmənt) /

noun

the act of entailing or the condition of being entailed

philosophy logic

a relationship between propositions such that one must be true if the others are
a proposition whose truth depends on such a relationshipUsual symbol: ∋ See fish-hook (def. 2)

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单词	entailment
释义	entailment [ en-teyl-muhnt ] / ɛnˈteɪl mənt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR entailment ON THESAURUS.COM noun the act or fact of entailing, or involving by necessity or as a consequence: The logical entailment of this approach is that the right way to design a curriculum is to make it free of bias. something involved as a necessary part or consequence of something: Long hours of work are an entailment of the job. Linguistics. a relationship between two sentences such that if the first is true, the second must also be true, as in Her son drives her to work every day and Her son knows how to drive. Origin of entailment entail + -ment OTHER WORDS FROM entailment pre·en·tail·ment, noun Words nearby entailment ENT, entablature, entablement, entad, entail, entailment, ental, entameba, entamebiasis, entamoeba, entangle Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for entailment Were Canaan's posterity to endure the entailment of its disabilities and woes, until the end of time? The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus\|American Anti-Slavery Society British Dictionary definitions for entailment entailment / (ɪnˈteɪlmənt) / noun the act of entailing or the condition of being entailed philosophy logic a relationship between propositions such that one must be true if the others are a proposition whose truth depends on such a relationshipUsual symbol: ∋ See fish-hook (def. 2) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to entailment consequence, result, repercussion, residual, ramification, inevitability, necessitation, association, embroilment, evocation, fallout, involvement
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entailment

noun

Origin of entailment

OTHER WORDS FROM entailment

Words nearby entailment

Example sentences from the Web for entailment

British Dictionary definitions for entailment

noun

Words related to entailment