entailment
The act of logically entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailedThe act of logically entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)The act of logically entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.
Entailment does not imply causation: if a set of premisses entail a conclusion, that does not mean (necessarily) that they cause that conclusion to be true.
An argument hinges upon entailment whereas an if-then sentence hinges upon implication.
Bedingtheit, Erfordernis, Implikation
импликацияimplikacija
(countable, uncountable)The act of setting up an entail to restrict inheritance.
(countable, nonstandard, uncountable)An entail.
- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
Translations
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Forms
plural: entailmentsSynonyms
2 synonyms- something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied):deductionimplication
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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