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ENTAILMENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Something that is inferred (deduced or entailed or implied)
Example:
his resignation had political implications
Synonyms:
deduction; entailment; implication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("entailment" is a kind of...):
illation; inference (the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation)
Derivation:
entail (have as a logical consequence)
