involve

in·volve  (n-vlv)

tr.v. in·volved, in·volv·ing, in·volves

1. To contain as a part; include.

2. To have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail: was told that the job would involve travel. See Synonyms at include.

3. To engage as a participant; embroil: involved the bystanders in his dispute with the police.

4.

a. To connect closely and often incriminatingly; implicate: evidence that involved the governor in the scandal.

b. To influence or affect: The matter is serious because it involves your reputation.

5. To occupy or engage the interest of: a story that completely involved me for the rest of the evening.

6. To make complex or intricate; complicate.

7. To wrap; envelop: a castle that was involved in mist.

8. Archaic To wind or coil about.

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[Middle English involven, from Latin involvere, to enwrap : in-, in; see in-² + volvere, to roll, turn; see wel-² in Indo-European roots.]

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in·volvement n.

in·volver n.

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involve

Verb

[-volving, -volved]

1. to include as a necessary part

2. to have an effect on: around fifty riders were involved and some were hurt

3. to implicate: several people were involved in the crime

4. to make complicated: the situation was further involved by her disappearance [Latin in- in + volvere to roll]

involvement n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	involve - connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" affect, regard concern, have-to doe with, pertain, bear on, come to, touch on, refer, relate, touch - be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" implicate - bring into intimate and incriminating connection; "He is implicated in the scheme to defraud the government"
	2.	involve - engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" let in, admit, include - allow participation in or the right to be part of; permit to exercise the rights, functions, and responsibilities of; "admit someone to the profession"; "She was admitted to the New Jersey Bar" drag in, embroil, sweep up, tangle, drag, sweep - force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action; "They were swept up by the events"; "don't drag me into this business" entangle, mire - entrap; "Our people should not be mired in the past"
	3.	involve - have as a necessary feature; "This decision involves many changes" imply feature, have - have as a feature; "This restaurant features the most famous chefs in France" carry - be necessarily associated with or result in or involve; "This crime carries a penalty of five years in prison"
	4.	involve - require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent" necessitate, need, require, call for, demand, postulate, ask, take exact, claim, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" exact, claim, take - take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs; "the accident claimed three lives"; "The hard work took its toll on her" govern - require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood; "most transitive verbs govern the accusative case in German" draw - require a specified depth for floating; "This boat draws 70 inches" cost - require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice; "This mistake cost him his job" cry for, cry out for - need badly or desperately; "This question cries out for an answer" compel - necessitate or exact; "the water shortage compels conservation"
	5.	involve - contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" include - have as a part, be made up out of; "The list includes the names of many famous writers"
	6.	involve - occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon" engage, engross, occupy, absorb - consume all of one's attention or time; "Her interest in butterflies absorbs her completely"
	7.	involve - make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved" rarify, refine, complicate, elaborate - make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"

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involve

verb 1. entail, mean, demand, require, call for, occasion, result in, imply, give rise to, encompass, necessitate

verb 2. include, contain, take in, embrace, cover, incorporate, draw in, comprise of, number among

verb 3. implicate, tangle, mix up, embroil, link, entangle, incriminate, mire, stitch up (slang) enmesh, inculpate (formal)

verb 4. concern, draw in, associate, connect, bear on

Translations

involve [ɪnˈvɔlv] vt (= entail) → suponer, implicar;

to involve sb (in) → involucrar a algn (en)

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involve [ɪnˈvɔlv] vt (= entail) → impliquer (= concern); concerner (= require); nécessiter;

to involve sb in [+ theft etc] → impliquer qn dans [+ activity, meeting]; faire participer qn à

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involve [ɪnˈvɔlv] vt (person) → beteiligen;

(thing) → verbunden sein mit;

(concern, affect) → betreffen;

to involve sb in sth → jdn in etw acc verwickeln

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involve [ɪnˈvɔlv] vt (= entail) → richiedere, comportare (= associate): to involve sb (in) → implicare qn (in); coinvolgere qn (in);

to involve o.s. in sth [+ politics etc] → impegnarsi in qc

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involve

v involve [inˈvolv]

1 to require; to bring as a result His job involves a lot of travelling. behels يَشْتَمِل على включвам vyžadovat involvere; medføre einschließen απαιτώ, συνεπάγομαι suponer, implicar kaasa tooma مستلزم بودن؛ در بر داشتن edellyttää nécessiter לִהיוֹת כָּרוּך ב- शामिल करना obuhvaćati maga után von, vmivel jár memerlukan hafa í för með sér implicare, comportare 伴う (필연적으로) 포함하다 reikalauti ietvert; būt saistītam memerlukan met zich meebrengen kreve, medføre wymagać, pociągać za sobą envolver a cere подразумевать vyžadovať zahtevati podrazumevati medföra, innefatta, innebära เกี่ยวข้อง; มีส่วนร่วม gerektirmek 需要 спричиняти, викликати کسی چیز کا شامل ہونا đòi hỏi; cần phải 必须包括

2 (often within or with) to cause to take part in or to be mixed up in He has always been involved in/with the theatre; Don't ask my advice – I don't want to be/get involved. betrokke raak يُشْرِك ، يَزُجُّ في ، يُوَرِّط замесвам (za)plést se (do); mít styk involvere; inddrage verwickeln εμπλέκω, εμπλέκομαι implicar, envolver kaasa kiskuma, osalema درگیر شدن یا کردن vetää mukaan mêler (à) לִהיוֹת מְעוֹרָב काम में लग जाना, खतरे में पड़ना uplesti belekever(edik) terlibat blanda í, flækjast í implicare, impegnarsi かかわらせる 연루시키다 įtraukti, įpainioti iesaistīt; iepīt melibatkan betrekken in bli trukket/blandet inn i zaangażować, wciągnąć envolvido a (se) impli­ca, a (se) amesteca быть связанным;вовлекать zapliesť sa (do); zapojiť do vplesti uključiti blanda in, bli (vara) inblandad เกี่ยวพัน karışmak, bulaşmak 使捲入 втягати, вплутувати شریک کرنا dính dáng 使卷入

adj inˈvolved

complicated My time-table for Friday is becoming very involved. مُعَقَّد،مُزْدَحِم заплетен složitý indviklet verwickelt περίπλοκος complicado keerukas پیچیده mutkikas compliqué מְעוֹרָב जटिल, घनिष्ट रूप से संबंध upleten bonyolult rumit flókinn complicato 複雑な 복잡한 sudėtingas, painus sarežģīts rumit ingewikkeld komplisert zawiły complicado în­curcat сложный zložitý zapleten složen invecklad ที่เกี่ยวข้อง karmaşık 復雜的 складний پر پیچ ہونا phức tạp 复杂的

n inˈvolvement

betrokkenheid إشْتِراك، تَوَرُّط трудност zapletení engagement die Verwicklung ανάμειξη, μπλέξιμο implicación osalus درگیری؛ پیچیدگی osallistuminen engagement מְעוֹרָבוּת फंसाव, उलझाव, उलझन uplitanje, upletenost belekever(ed)és, bonyodalom keterlibatan aðild coinvolgimento かかわり合い 연루, 포함 įpainiojimas iesaistīšana; iepīšana; līdzdalība penglibatan betrokkenheid engasjement, innblanding zaangażowanie envolvimento implicare, amestec вовлечение zapletenie sa (do); zapojenie sa (do) vpletenost uključenost inblandning, trasslig situation การเกี่ยวข้อง ilgi, bağlantı 捲入 втягання; заплутаність وابستگی sự bao gồm 卷入