English dictionary

entailing Meaning & Definition

What Does Entailing Mean?

Entailing is used as a verb meaning present participle and gerund of entail.

To imply or require.
This activity will entail careful attention to detail.
To settle or fix inalienably on a person or thing, or on a person and his descendants or a certain line of descendants; -- said especially of an estate; to bestow as a heritage.
To appoint hereditary possessor.
To cut or carve in an ornamental way.

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This activity will entail careful attention to detail.

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