entailed
Americanadjective
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involved with or following from something by logical necessity or as a consequence.
Most of the public complied with the curfew restrictions despite the entailed inconvenience.
If the entailed proposition turns out to be false, the theory that generated it must also be false.
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Law. (of real estate) limited to a specified line of heirs, so that it cannot be transferred or bequeathed to anyone else.
This entailed estate has belonged to the family for a period of 300 years.
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Law. descending to a fixed series of possessors, as a title, the crown, etc..
On the death of his uncle Edward, Duke of York, Richard acquired the entailed title of his grandfather Edmund, Duke of York.
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Etymology
Origin of entailed
First recorded in 1525–35; entail ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; entail ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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In the model, the “availability” phase entailed contact and small-scale movements across the frontier, with trading relationships and marriage alliances, for example, forming gradually.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
What was your understanding of what being on reality TV entailed?
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026
Both these jobs entailed prolonged, ego-deflating battles; both ended in professional debacle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026
"But I would tell them this, they haven't a clue what this investigation has entailed," he told the Tucson Sentinel newspaper this week.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026
There Kava and Romeo, our two giant schnauzers, would always be waiting for me, doing their welcome dance, which entailed wagging their whole bodies and jumping up and down at the same time.
From "I Will Always Write Back" by Caitlin Alifirenka and Martin Ganda
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