involve (ɪnˈvɒlv
)
Definitions
verb (tr)
- 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
Alternative Forms
inˈvolvement noun inˈvolver nounWord Origin
C14: from Latin involvere to roll in, surround, from in-² + volvere to rollSynonyms
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entail,
mean,
demand,
require,
call for,
occasion,
result in,
imply,
give rise to,
encompass,
necessitate,
take,
require,
presuppose,
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implicate,
tangle,
mix up,
embroil,
link,
entangle,
incriminate,
mire,
stitch up,
enmesh,
inculpate,
compromise,
complicate,
snarl up,
Translations
- 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
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Usage examples
I'm wondering if they'll want to involve a prominent citizen in what's going on.
, 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.
, FATAL STORM (2001)