involve
[ in-volv ]
/ ɪnˈvɒlv /
verb (used with object), in·volved, in·volv·ing.
Origin of involve
SYNONYMS FOR involve
6, 7, 9
Involve,
entangle,
implicate imply getting a person connected or bound up with something from which it is difficult to extricate himself or herself. To
involve is to bring more or less deeply into something, especially of a complicated, embarrassing, or troublesome nature:
to involve someone in debt. To
entangle (usually passive or reflexive) is to involve so deeply in a tangle as to confuse and make helpless:
to entangle oneself in a mass of contradictory statements. To
implicate is to connect a person with something discreditable or wrong:
implicated in a plot.
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British Dictionary definitions for involving
involve
/ (ɪnˈvɒlv) /
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
maths obsolete
to raise to a specified power
Derived forms of involve
involvement, noun involver, nounWord Origin for involve
C14: from Latin
involvere to roll in, surround, from
in- ² +
volvere to roll
Idioms and Phrases with involving
involve
see get involved with.