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en·tail
(ĕn-tāl′, ĭn-)tr.v. en·tailed, en·tail·ing, en·tails
1. To have, impose, or require as a necessary accompaniment or consequence: The investment entailed a high risk. The proposition X is a rose entails the proposition X is a flower because all roses are flowers.
2. To limit the inheritance of (property) to a specified succession of heirs.
3. To bestow or impose on a person or a specified succession of heirs.
n.
1.
a. The act of entailing, especially property.
b. The state of being entailed.
2. An entailed estate.
3. A predetermined order of succession, as to an estate or to an office.
4. Something transmitted as if by unalterable inheritance.
[Middle English entaillen, to limit inheritance to specific heirs : en-, intensive pref.; see en-1 + taille, tail; see tail2.]
en·tail′ment n.
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(ɪnˈteɪl)vb (tr)
1. to bring about or impose by necessity; have as a necessary consequence: this task entails careful thought.
2. (Law) property law to restrict (the descent of an estate) to a designated line of heirs
3. (Logic) logic to have as a necessary consequence
n
(Law) property law
a. the restriction imposed by entailing an estate
b. an estate that has been entailed
[C14: entaillen, from en-1 + taille limitation, tail2]
enˈtailer n
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en•tail
(v. ɛnˈteɪl; n. also ˈɛn teɪl)v.t.
1. to cause or involve by necessity or as a consequence: This project will entail a lot of work.
2. to limit the passage of (real property) to a specified line or category of heirs.
3. to cause (anything) to descend to a fixed series of possessors.
n. 4. the act of entailing.
5. the state of being entailed.
6. any predetermined order of succession, as to an office.
7. something that is entailed, as an estate.
8. the rule of descent settled for an estate.
[1350–1400; Middle English; see en-1, tail2]
en•tail′er, n.
en•tail′ment, n.
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entail
Past participle: entailed
Gerund: entailing
| Imperative |
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| entail |
| entail |
| Present |
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| I entail |
| you entail |
| he/she/it entails |
| we entail |
| you entail |
| they entail |
| Preterite |
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| I entailed |
| you entailed |
| he/she/it entailed |
| we entailed |
| you entailed |
| they entailed |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am entailing |
| you are entailing |
| he/she/it is entailing |
| we are entailing |
| you are entailing |
| they are entailing |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have entailed |
| you have entailed |
| he/she/it has entailed |
| we have entailed |
| you have entailed |
| they have entailed |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was entailing |
| you were entailing |
| he/she/it was entailing |
| we were entailing |
| you were entailing |
| they were entailing |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had entailed |
| you had entailed |
| he/she/it had entailed |
| we had entailed |
| you had entailed |
| they had entailed |
| Future |
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| I will entail |
| you will entail |
| he/she/it will entail |
| we will entail |
| you will entail |
| they will entail |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have entailed |
| you will have entailed |
| he/she/it will have entailed |
| we will have entailed |
| you will have entailed |
| they will have entailed |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be entailing |
| you will be entailing |
| he/she/it will be entailing |
| we will be entailing |
| you will be entailing |
| they will be entailing |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been entailing |
| you have been entailing |
| he/she/it has been entailing |
| we have been entailing |
| you have been entailing |
| they have been entailing |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I will have been entailing |
| you will have been entailing |
| he/she/it will have been entailing |
| we will have been entailing |
| you will have been entailing |
| they will have been entailing |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
|---|
| I had been entailing |
| you had been entailing |
| he/she/it had been entailing |
| we had been entailing |
| you had been entailing |
| they had been entailing |
| Conditional |
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| I would entail |
| you would entail |
| he/she/it would entail |
| we would entail |
| you would entail |
| they would entail |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have entailed |
| you would have entailed |
| he/she/it would have entailed |
| we would have entailed |
| you would have entailed |
| they would have entailed |
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Noun 1. entail - land received by fee tail
acres, demesne, landed estate, estate, land - extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use; "the family owned a large estate on Long Island"
2. entail - the act of entailing property; the creation of a fee tail from a fee simple
change - the action of changing something; "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
Verb 1. entail - have as a logical consequence; "The water shortage means that we have to stop taking long showers"
necessitate - cause to be a concomitant
2. entail - impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result; "What does this move entail?"
lead - tend to or result in; "This remark lead to further arguments among the guests"
3. entail - limit the inheritance of property to a specific class of heirs
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entail
verb involve, require, cause, produce, demand, lead to, call for, occasion, need, impose, result in, bring about, give rise to, encompass, necessitate Such a decision would entail a huge risk.
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Translations
يَسْتَلْزِم، يَتَطَلَّب
indebæremedføre
hafa í för meî sér
būt saistītamizraisīt
gerektirmek icap etmek
entail
[ɪnˈteɪl]A. VT
1. (= necessitate) → suponer, implicar ; [+ hardship, suffering] → acarrear, traer consigo
it entails a lot of work → supone or implica mucho trabajo
it entailed buying a new car → supuso comprar un coche nuevo
what does the job entail? → ¿en qué consiste el trabajo?
it entails a lot of work → supone or implica mucho trabajo
it entailed buying a new car → supuso comprar un coche nuevo
what does the job entail? → ¿en qué consiste el trabajo?
2. (Jur) → vincular
B. N (Jur) → vínculo m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
entail
[ɪnˈteɪl] vt [+ risk] → comporter ; [+ cost, loss] → entraîner ; [+ changes] → entraînerto entail doing sth → impliquer de faire qch
What does this entail? → Qu'est ce que cela signifie?
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entail
vt
expense, inconvenience, changes → mit sich bringen ; risk, difficulty, loss → verbunden sein mit, mit sich bringen ; (= involve) work → erforderlich machen ; what is entailed in buying a house? → was ist zum Hauskauf alles erforderlich?; this will entail (my) buying a new car → das bringt mit sich or macht es erforderlich, dass ich mir ein neues Auto kaufen muss
(Jur) to entail an estate → ein Gut als Fideikommiss vererben ; entailed estate → unveräußerliches Erbgut, Fideikommiss nt
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entail
[ɪnˈteɪl] vt → comportareit entailed buying a new car → comportava l'acquisto di una nuova macchina
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
entail
(inˈteil) verb to bring as a result; to require. These alterations will entail great expense. meebring يَسْتَلْزِم، يَتَطَلَّب изисквам trazer znamenat mit sich bringen medføre; indebære συνεπάγομαι, απαιτώ acarrear, traer consigo kaasa tooma در پی داشتن؛ مستلزم بودن aiheuttaa occasionner לְהוֹרִיש आवश्यक बना देना zahtijevati maga után von memerlukan hafa í för með sér comportare 伴う 수반하다 sukelti, reikalauti būt saistītam; izraisīt (sekas) memerlukan met zich meebrengen medføre, kreve pociągnąć za sobą (حق) دتر كې تر وېشلو دمخه دهغې وقفول، له اصلى ميرا ثخور څخه ستنول، په غيږ كې نيول، متضمن كېدل، منتج كېدل trazer a necesita влечь за собой vyžadovať imeti za posledico zahtevati medföra ส่งผลซึ่งไม่อาจหลีกเลี่ยงได้ gerektirmek, icap etmek 結果帶來,需要 спричиняти; потребувати لازم ہونا đòi hỏi 结果带来,需要,使必需
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