Word Frequency
involve (ɪnˈvɒlv
)
Definitions
verb
- 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
Derived Forms
inˈvolvement nouninˈvolver noun
Word Origin
C14: from Latin involvere to roll in, surround, from in-² + volvere to rollSynonyms
View thesaurus entry = entail, mean, demand, require, call for, occasion, result in, imply, give rise to, encompass, necessitate, take, require, presuppose
= implicate, tangle, mix up, embroil, link, entangle, incriminate, mire, stitch up, enmesh, inculpate, compromise, complicate, snarl up
Translations for 'involve'
- 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
- Arabic: يَشْمَلُ
- Brazilian Portuguese: envolver
- Chinese: 涉及
- Croatian: uključivati
- Czech: zahrnovat --obnášet
- Danish: involvere
- Dutch: betrekkenbij iets een rol laten spelen
- European Spanish: involucrar
- Finnish: kuulua mukaan
- French: impliquer
- German: beteiligen
- Greek: εμπλέκω
- Italian: coinvolgere
- Japanese: 伴う
- Korean: 필연적으로 포함하다
- Norwegian: involvere
- Polish: zaangażować angażować
- Portuguese: envolver
- Romanian: a implica
- Russian: вовлекать
- Spanish: involucrar
- Swedish: involvera
- Thai: เข้าไปมีส่วนร่วม
- Turkish: dahil etmek
- Ukrainian: залучати залучити
- Vietnamese: dính líu
Example Sentences Including 'involve'
He claimed:'It could involve the putting down of 60,000 dogs.Glasgow Herald (2001)
He wanted to involve Rachel Esthart, to degrade her any way he could, a slow, spiritual murder.Coffin on the Water
If I wasn't playing football I'd be playing club hurling - which might involve two extra matches rather than one.Irish Times (2002)
In fact they are in distinguished company, for such a request, veiled or otherwise, can involve the most senior of the profession.THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)
People should note that health funds are not ethical as they may involve pharmaceutical companies with animal testing.Glasgow Herald (2001)
There had to be some way of avoiding the Chief, some way that didn't involve swords at all.LIRAEL: DAUGHTER OF THE CLAYR (2001)
They say Scorpios tend to get involved in professions that involve death.Maxim (2005)
This would involve a single EU representative with more than 15 per cent of the vote, the percentage needed to have veto power.Irish Times (2002)
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