noun
Meaning 1
The act of entangling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
entanglement
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Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.
The condition of being deeply involved and intricated (with politics, a group, another person, etc.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 3
The state or condition of being entangled; intricate and confused involution.
The condition, or an instance, of being romantically or sexually involved with another person; an affair.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:entanglement.
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noun
Meaning 4
That which entangles; an involvement, a complication; an intricacy; a perplexity.
An obstruction placed in front or on the flank of a fortification, to impede an enemy's approach.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Meaning 5
That which entangles; an involvement, a complication; an intricacy; a perplexity.
An obstruction of cables and spars across a river or harbour entrance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 6
Ellipsis of quantum entanglement.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 7
an intricate trap that entangles or ensnares its victim
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: web
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trap
Narrower terms: spider web, spider's web
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Middle English entanglen English entangle Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English entanglement From entangle + -ment.
Across languages
Translations
36 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: spleť — the state of being entangled
- Dutch: verstrikking — the state of being entangled
- Dutch: verwarring — the state of being entangled
- Dutch: verwikkeling — the state of being entangled
- Dutch: verstrengeling — the state of being entangled
- Finnish: kietoutuminen — the state of being entangled
- Finnish: sotkeutuminen — the state of being entangled
- French: intrication — the state of being entangled
- Georgian: გადახლართულობა (gadaxlartuloba) — the state of being entangled
- Georgian: დახლართულობა (daxlartuloba) — the state of being entangled
- German: Verwicklung — the state of being entangled
- German: Gewirr — the state of being entangled
- Irish: achrann — the state of being entangled
- Irish: aimhréidh — the state of being entangled
- Irish: fostú — the state of being entangled
- Irish: paintéaracht — the state of being entangled
- Italian: intreccio — the state of being entangled
- Italian: groviglio — the state of being entangled
- Japanese: 縺れ (motsure) — the state of being entangled
- Māori: rorenga — the state of being entangled
- Polish: splątanie — the state of being entangled
- Romanian: încurcătură — the state of being entangled
- Romanian: complicație — the state of being entangled
- Romanian: situație complicată — the state of being entangled
- Spanish: enredo — the state of being entangled
- Spanish: romance — the state of being entangled
- Turkish: karışma — the state of being entangled
- Turkish: yer alma — the state of being entangled
- Czech: pletka — that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity
- Czech: intrika — that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity
- Finnish: sotku — that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity
- Georgian: ჩახლართულობა (čaxlartuloba) — that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity
- Māori: rorenga — that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity
- Polish: plątanina — that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity
- Polish: gmatwanina — that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity
- Russian: пу́таница (pútanica) — that which entangles; intricacy; perplexity
Real reading context