Entailment

Pronunciation

• IPA: /É›nˈteɪl.mÉ™nt/

Alternative forms

• intailment rare

Origin

entail + -ment

Full definition of entailment

Noun

1. The act of entailing, the state of being entailed, or something that is entailed.Entailment does not imply causation: if a set of premisses entail a conclusion, that does not mean (necessarily) that they cause that conclusion to be true.An argument hinges upon entailment whereas an if-then sentence hinges upon implication.