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involve
[in-volv]
verb (used with object)
to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail.
This job involves long hours and hard work.
to engage or employ.
to affect, as something within the scope of operation.
to include, contain, or comprehend within itself or its scope.
to bring into an intricate or complicated form or condition.
to bring into difficulties (usually followed bywith ).
The investigation discovered a plot to involve one nation in a war with another.
to cause to be troublesomely associated or concerned, as in something embarrassing or unfavorable.
Don't involve me in your quarrel!
Antonyms: extricateto combine inextricably (usually followed bywith ).
to implicate, as in guilt or crime, or in any matter or affair.
to engage the interests or emotions or commitment of.
The professor involved many students in the disarmament movement.
Her husband became involved with another woman.
to preoccupy or absorb fully (usually used passively or reflexively).
You are much too involved with the problem to see it clearly.
to envelop or enfold, as if with a wrapping.
to swallow up, engulf, or overwhelm.
Archaic., to roll, surround, or shroud, as in a wrapping.
to roll up on itself; wind spirally; coil; wreathe.
involve
/ ɪnˈvɒlv /
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, to wrap or surround
obsolete, maths to raise to a specified power
Other Word Forms
- involvement noun
- involver noun
- interinvolve verb (used with object)
- overinvolve verb (used with object)
- preinvolve verb (used with object)
- reinvolve verb (used with object)
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of involve1
Idioms and Phrases
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Example Sentences
A recent event involving an A320 aircraft revealed that intense solar radiation may corrupt data critical to the functioning of flight controls, the company said Friday.
Airbus said the problem was discovered following a recent "incident" in the US involving an A320 family aircraft and apologised for disruption to passengers.
Philip Barber, a former playwright involved in public relations, met the former fashion journalist Stephanie Frey when she joined his Madison Avenue firm.
Navigation involves the challenge of a robot getting from point A to point B. This may involve unknown terrain, stairs and obstacles.
A few days later, the prime minister of Mauritius halted all court proceedings involving Afrinic, pending an investigation.
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