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entail

/ɪnˈteɪl/  ·  say it: in·TAYL

to involve as a necessary consequence

In Formal & Academic

In more detail

1. (verb) to involve something as a necessary or logical consequence

2. (verb) to legally limit the inheritance of property to a specific line of descendants

Examples

• 1. Getting a degree entails years of study and hard work.
• 2. The old estate was entailed to the eldest son.

Nearby in Formal & Academic

derive, discrete, empirical, explicit, hierarchy, implicit