involve

tr.v., -volved, -volv·ing, -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. 1. To connect closely and often incriminatingly; implicate: evidence that involved the governor in the scandal.
   2. 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.

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

involvement in·volve'ment n.
involver in·volv'er n.

verb

1. To have as a part: comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, encompass, have, include, subsume, take in. See include/exclude.
2. To have as an accompaniment, a condition, or a consequence: carry, entail. See start/end.
3. To have as a need or prerequisite: ask, call for, demand, entail, necessitate, require, take. See necessary/unnecessary, over/under.
4. To draw in so that extrication is difficult: catch up, embrangle, embroil, implicate, mix up, suck. See free/unfree, participate/abstain.
5. To get and hold the attention of: engage, occupy. See excite/bore/interest.
6. To make complex, intricate, or perplexing: complicate, embarrass, entangle, perplex, ravel, snarl², tangle. See simple/complex.

v

Definition: draw in; include
Antonyms: exclude, free, remove

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n

The state of becoming involved.

IN BRIEF: To have as a necessary part; include.

Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. — Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922), Scots-American inventor, invented telephone, phonograph.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - inddrage, indblande, involvere, engagere, medføre, omfatte

idioms:

• get involved in    blive inddraget i, blive engageret i

Nederlands (Dutch)
gaan om, betrekken, (met zich) meebrengen, te maken hebben met, ingewikkeld maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - (gén) faire participer, nécessiter, entraîner, impliquer, mêler (qn) (dans), participer à, être engagé dans, concerner, se plonger dans (un livre), devenir proche de, avoir une liaison avec, prendre qch à c¯ur, s'engager

idioms:

• get involved in    être impliqué, s'engager dans, prendre (qch) à c¯ur

Deutsch (German)
v. - verwickeln, beteiligen, mit sich bringen

idioms:

• get involved in    in etwas verwickelt werden

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (περι)πλέκω, μπερδεύω, ανακατώνω, ενέχω, (εμ)περιέχω, συνεπάγομαι

idioms:

• get involved in    ενέχομαι, ανακατεύομαι σε..

Italiano (Italian)
trattare di, comportare

idioms:

• get involved in    essere coinvolto

Português (Portuguese)
v. - envolver

idioms:

• get involved in    envolver-se

Русский (Russian)
включать в себя, влечь за собой, завертывать, углубляться

idioms:

• get involved in    быть вовлеченным

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - concernir, atañer, afectar, implicar, suponer, acarrear

idioms:

• get involved in    meterse en, enredarse en, involucrarse

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - inveckla, involvera, knyta samman, hölja

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
包括, 潜心于, 使陷于

idioms:

• get involved in    涉及

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 包括, 潛心於, 使陷於

idioms:

• get involved in    涉及

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 말아 넣다, 수반하다, 몰두 시키다

idioms:

• get involved in    ~에 말려들다, ~에 연좌하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 含む, 巻き込む, 関係させる, 熱中させる, 巻く, 包む, 複雑にする, 込み入らせる

idioms:

• get involved in    巻き込まれる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يستخدم, يورط, يتضمن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היה כרוך ב-, דרש, הצריך, סיבך, עירב, לווה ב-, נגע ב-‬

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