entail
verb
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entail
noun
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Synonyms & Antonyms for entail
Synonyms: Verb
carry, comprehend, contain, embrace, encompass, include, involve, number, subsume, take in
Antonyms: Verb
exclude, leave (out), miss out [British], omit
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Pregnancy involves the bodily dependence of the unborn child on its mother; in many cases, it entails a significant physical burden. — Cathleen Kaveny, Commonweal, 4 May 2007 … it was a Master Highlighter Event, a two-day guest appearance by one of Kinkade's specially trained assistants, who would highlight any picture bought during the event for free. Highlighting a picture is not that different from highlighting your hair: it entails stippling tiny bright dots of paint on the picture to give it more texture and luminescence. — Susan Orlean, New Yorker, 15 Oct. 2001 Life is a difficult and complicated enterprise. It entails joy but also suffering, gain but also loss, hope but also despair. — Neal Gabler, Life: The Movie, 1998 Discourse is a social as well as an intellectual activity; it entails interaction between minds, and it revolves around something possessed in common. — David A. Hollinger, In the American Province, (1985) 1992 He accepted the responsibility, with all that it entails. a lavish wedding entails extensive planning and often staggering expense
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This position entails working with senior executives to analyze a business and develop long-term strategies. — Sarah Min, CBS News, "The 25 best jobs in America for getting ahead," 15 Aug. 2019 For Indian techies, what are jobs of the future going to entail? — Itika Sharma Punit, Quartz India, "“Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal, and not Microsoft’s Satya Nadella, is the Indian techie’s new role model”," 11 Aug. 2019 Suicide watch generally entails extra supervision, medical assistance, and sometimes physical restraints; prison officials told the New York Times Epstein wasn’t on suicide watch at the time of his death. — Riley Beggin, Vox, "Jeffrey Epstein wasn’t on suicide watch when he died. Officials want to know why.," 10 Aug. 2019 Applying artificial intelligence to earthquake damage prediction entails significant challenges. — New York Times, "This High-Tech Solution to Disaster Response May Be Too Good to Be True," 9 Aug. 2019 Of course, the job also entails being a holder and being able to kick directionally. — Jerry Mcdonald, The Mercury News, "Five things to watch in Raiders’ exhibition debut against Rams," 9 Aug. 2019 On the one hand, living in a van entails going without some of life’s essentials. — Megan Barber, Curbed, "Beyond the hashtag: A love letter to #VanLife," 8 Aug. 2019 That proposal also entails redoing several other buildings on Coast Highway between Laguna Avenue and Legion Street. — Daily Pilot, "Laguna Beach to recover all of its costs related to processing a slew of major developments," 7 Aug. 2019 Her vision entails a $2 trillion investment in clean energy research and a commitment to support this sector with federal dollars. — Mark K. Matthews, Scientific American, "Democratic Hopefuls Clash on Climate Action During Debate," 31 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'entail.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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