entails
Meaning of entails
- involve (something) as a necessary or inevitable part or consequence.
a situation which entails considerable risks
- limit the inheritance of (property) over a number of generations so that ownership remains within a particular family or group.
her father's estate was entailed on a cousin
- a limitation of the inheritance of property to certain heirs over a number of generations.
the damage being done in England by entails
landed property was governed by primogeniture and entail
late Middle English (referring to settlement of property; formerly also as intail ): from en-1, in-2 ‘into’ + Old French taille ‘notch, tax’ (see tail2).
Information about entails
- The singular form of entails is: entail.
- Languages in which entails is used:
(Press the button to hear it)
Hyphenation of entails
en-tails
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- entails is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
entails synonyms
Meaning make (something) necessary as a result or consequence:
Meaning make necessary:
Meaning require (something) because it is essential or very important rather than just desirable:
Meaning require; need:
Meaning require as a precondition of possibility or coherence:
Meaning suppose to be the case, without proof:
Meaning justify or necessitate (a course of action):
Meaning have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result:
Meaning have as a consequence or result:
Meaning (of a fact or occurrence) suggest (something) as a logical consequence:
Meaning make (something, especially something bad) happen:
Meaning make or manufacture from components or raw materials:
Meaning cause (something):
Meaning cause or give rise to (a feeling, situation, or condition):
Meaning produce or create:
Meaning (of an event or fact) cause or bring about (an action or feeling):
Meaning cause (something) to happen; bring about:
Meaning bring or recall (a feeling, memory, or image) to the conscious mind:
Meaning evoke or draw out (a reaction, answer, or fact) from someone:
Meaning cause (an event or situation, typically one that is undesirable) to happen suddenly, unexpectedly, or prematurely:
Meaning cause (a device) to function:
Meaning stimulate or give rise to (a reaction or emotion, typically a strong or unwelcome one) in someone:
Anagrams of entails
anilest, Astelin, eastlin, Elastin, elastin, Ineslta, nailset, salient, saltine, siletan, staniel, tenails
Words that rhyme with entails
ails, bails, embails, scails, fails, jeofails, abigails, hails, jails, kails, skails, flails, airmails, aumails, blackmails, camails, emails, graymails, greenmails, greymails, limails, mails, remails, agnails, doornails, fingernails, hangnails, hobnails, nails, renails, snails, tenails, thumbnails, toenails, treenails, trenails, unnails, lunchpails, pails, spails, Grails, bedrails, brails, breastrails, cantrails, checkrails, contrails, derails, disentrails, distrails