Definition of involve | Collins English Dictionary

involve (ɪnˈvɒlv)

to include or contain as a necessary part ⇒ the task involves hard work
to have an effect on; spread to ⇒ the investigation involved many innocent people
(often passive; usually foll by in or with) to concern or associate significantly ⇒ many people were involved in the crime
(often passive) to make complicated; tangle ⇒ the situation was further involved by her disappearance
rare often poetic to wrap or surround
mathematics obsolete to raise to a specified power

inˈvolvement noun inˈvolver noun

C14: from Latin involvere to roll in, surround, from in-² + volvere to roll

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= entail, mean, demand, require, call for, occasion, result in, imply, give rise to, encompass, necessitate, take, require, presuppose,

British English: involve If an activity involves something, that thing is a necessary part of it.His job involves spending a lot of time with other people.ɪnˈvɒlv VERB His job involves spending a lot of time with other people.
Spanish: involucrar v
French: impliquer vt
German: beteiligen v
Chinese: 涉及 v
Arabic: يَشْمَلُ vt
Portuguese: envolver v
Russian: вовлекать v
Croatian: umiješati v
Czech: zahrnout v zahrnovat
Danish: involvere v
Dutch: betrekken v
Finnish: kuulua mukaan v
Greek: εμπλέκω v
Italian: coinvolgere v
Japanese: 伴う v
Korean: 필연적으로 포함하다 v
Norwegian: involvere v
Polish: zaangażować v angażować
Brazilian Portuguese: envolver v
European Spanish: involucrar v
Swedish: involvera v
Thai: เข้าไปมีส่วนร่วม v
Turkish: dahil etmek v
Vietnamese: dính líu v

I'm wondering if they'll want to involve a prominent citizen in what's going on.
Wood, Ted, Snowjob (1993)
A course will normally involve only left hand turns to avoid disrupting the traffic.
Cycling Weekly (2004)
If I wasn't playing football I'd be playing club hurling - which might involve two extra matches rather than one.
Irish Times (2002)
However, the video tape featured a youth of 18 and did not involve paedophile activities.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
An emergency that afternoon could involve a commercial ship, an ocean liner, an aircraft or a recreational vessel anywhere in their region.
Rob Mundle, FATAL STORM (2001)