Meaning

4 senses

  1. That which is entailed.

  2. That which is entailed.

    An estate in fee entailed, or limited in descent to a particular class of issue.

  3. The rule by which the descent is fixed.

  4. (obsolete)Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.

More definitions
  • the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
  • land received by fee tail

Examples

23 sentences

  1. What does that entail?

    Що з цього випливає?

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  2. Tom had no conception of what fatherhood entailed.

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  3. What would that entail?

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  4. What does your job entail?

    ruВ чём заключается твоя работа?

    deWelche Aufgaben sind mit deiner Arbeit verbunden?

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  5. Sami doesn't know what this entails.

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English entaille (“carving”), from Old French entaille (“incision”), from the

From Middle English entaille (“carving”), from Old French entaille (“incision”), from the verb entailler. See above.

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Forms

plural: entails

Word family

1 related words
Deriveddisentailment

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
ensueensureB1ententangleentanglemententendreenterA2
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