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entailto involve or require as a necessary result or consequence

Part of speech: VERB

Definition: to involve or require as a necessary result or consequence

Pronunciation (IPA): /ɪnˈteɪl/

Korean meaning: 수반하다, 필요로 하다, 결과를 가져오다

Korean pronunciation: 인**테**일

Example Sentences

  • Getting a pet entails feeding it every day, even when you're too lazy to feed yourself ramen.
  • Learning Korean entails memorizing thousands of vocabulary words.
  • Being popular on social media entails posting photos of your breakfast like it's a work of art.

entail

VERB

//ɪnˈteɪl//

to involve or require as a necessary result or consequence

entail concept
💡 Concept

Running a restaurant entails coordinating multiple cooking tasks simultaneously

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entail rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Every detail will help you prevail!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/ɪnˈteɪl/
🇬🇧 UK/ɪnˈteɪl/

🌳Etymology

Prefixen--
Roottail

Origin

From Old French 'entailler' meaning 'to cut into' or 'to limit', derived from Latin 'in-' (in) + 'taille' (cutting, from 'taliare'). The legal sense developed to mean 'to settle the inheritance of property in a fixed line'.

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🎵Rhyme

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

Getting a pet entails feeding it every day, even when you're too lazy to feed yourself ramen.

Learning Korean entails memorizing thousands of vocabulary words.

😄 Fun example

Being popular on social media entails posting photos of your breakfast like it's a work of art.

This job promotion entails more responsibility and longer working hours.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

involverequirenecessitateimplyinclude

Antonyms

excludeomitavoid

Related

consequenceresultrequirementimplication