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entanglement

/ɛnˈtæŋɡəlmənt/

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What does entanglement mean?

noun

  1. The act of entangling.
  2. The condition of being deeply involved and intricated (with politics, a group, another person, etc.)
  3. The condition, or an instance, of being romantically or sexually involved with another person; an affair.
More meanings (3)

noun

  1. An obstruction placed in front or on the flank of a fortification, to impede an enemy's approach.
  2. An obstruction of cables and spars across a river or harbour entrance.
  3. Ellipsis of quantum entanglement.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɛnˈtæŋɡəlmənt/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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/ɪnˈtæŋɡəlmənt/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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It will be well not to be too much disturbed by the thought of either isolation or entanglement of pacifists and militarists.
United States. PresidentsUnited States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches: From Washington to George W. BushProject Gutenberg ebook #925
The deeper she sank into the entanglement, the more she imagined that the thing hung upon the few remaining things she had not done.
Theodore DreiserSister Carrie: A NovelProject Gutenberg ebook #233
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His delicate feeling shrank from dwelling even in his thought on the fact that he had always urged Lydgate to avoid any personal entanglement with Bulstrode.
George EliotMiddlemarchProject Gutenberg ebook #145
If a Gnat rush into the perfidious entanglement, he is caught at once; and the more he struggles the more firmly is he bound.
Jean-Henri FabreThe Life of the SpiderTranslated by Alexander Teixeira de MattosProject Gutenberg ebook #1887
An inner cloud of dust rose around the prostrate figures amid the general one of the room, in which a twitching entanglement of arms and legs was discernible.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110