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erfordern — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • entail verb To involve or require something as a necessary consequence.
  • necessitate verb To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
  • presuppose verb To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.
  • require verb To need something as essential.

Senses

erfordern is used for these senses in English:

  • entail (transitive) To imply, require, or invoke.
  • necessitate (transitive) To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about. [from early 17th c.]
  • presuppose To assume some truth without proof, usually for the purpose of reaching a conclusion based on that truth.
  • require To demand, to insist upon (having); to call for authoritatively. [from 14th c.]

entail — full definition

  1. verb To involve or require something as a necessary consequence.
  2. noun (law) An estate whose inheritance is restricted to a specific line of heirs.

necessitate — full definition

  1. verb To make necessary; to behove; to require (something) to be brought about.
  2. verb To force into a certain course of action; compel.

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