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involve
[ in-volv ]
verb (used with object)
This job involves long hours and hard work.
Synonyms: , ,
- 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 by with ):
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:
- to combine inextricably (usually followed by with ).
- 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
/ ɪˈɒ /
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
Derived Forms
- ˈDZԳ, noun
- ˈDZ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ·DZ·Գ noun
- ·DZ· noun
- ·ٱ··DZ verb (used with object) interinvolved interinvolving
- ···DZ verb (used with object) overinvolved overinvolving
- ··DZ verb (used with object) preinvolved preinvolving
- ··DZ verb (used with object) reinvolved reinvolving
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of involve1
Idioms and Phrases
see get involved with .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
The early January enforcement actions involved about 60 agents from El Centro Sector, based in the Imperial Valley, near the U.S.
He added that taking on some new tasks involved some upgrades the average vacuum owner probably would not have lying around their homes, such as a cart, a helmet and a robotic arm.
That could involve social prescribing, where suitable activities in the community are recommended to avoid crises and preventative care.
However, a new formal process - which will involve a match observation by an FA official - will give the body the ability to remove or refuse a player's permission to play in the women's game.
Serving as GM of a Division I athletics program involves more than glad-handing and bringing in talent via grins and a magnetic personality.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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