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Definition of entail verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

 

entail

 verb
verb
NAmE//ɪnˈteɪl//
 
Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they entail
 
he / she / it entails
 
past simple entailed
 
-ing form entailing
 
 
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to involve something that cannot be avoided synonym involve entail something The job entails a lot of hard work. be entailed in something The girls learn exactly what is entailed in caring for a newborn baby. entail (somebody) doing something It will entail driving a long distance every day.
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