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The correct spelling is entail.
How to pronounce entail
/ənˈteɪl/
verbIPA: /ənˈteɪl/
Say it like: Ent-ayl
The correct spelling is entail. To imply or require. For example: "This activity will entail careful attention to detail."
Usage Examples
“This activity will entail careful attention to detail.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.To imply or require.
- 2.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.
- 3.To appoint hereditary possessor.
- 4.To cut or carve in an ornamental way.
noun
- 1.That which is entailed. Hence:
- 2.Delicately carved ornamental work; intaglio.
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