= Entailment (linguistics)
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In linguistics, *entailment* refers to a relationship between two statements or propositions where the truth of one statement necessarily implies the truth of another. If statement A entails statement B, then whenever A is true, B must also be true. This relationship is important in semantics, the study of meaning in language, as it helps in understanding how different sentences relate to each other in terms of truth conditions. For example, consider the statements: - A: "All cats are mammals.
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