entailed

American  

[en-teyld] / ɛnˈteɪld /

adjective

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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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verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of entail.

Other Word Forms

• nonentailed adjective
• unentailed adjective

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

Both these jobs entailed prolonged, ego-deflating battles; both ended in professional debacle.

From The Wall Street Journal

But jobs that entailed doing more routine cognitive work such as typists and back-office bookkeepers—roles that had once promised a solid path to the middle class—were no longer so vital.

From The Wall Street Journal

From the outset, the company was a little vague about what the service actually entailed.

From Los Angeles Times

Canadian officials never elaborated on what that entailed.

From The Wall Street Journal

"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