involve

(ĭn-vŏlv')
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.

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1. This heavily used word has extended its meaning from the notion of envelopment or entanglement (it is derived from the Latin word involvere meaning 'to enwrap') to less precise forms of connection, as in What does the work involve? and No other vehicle was involved (in police descriptions of one-vehicle accidents). Resistance to this natural development in meaning belongs to the domain of lost causes.

2. The participial form involving used as a quasi-preposition is often better replaced by a simpler word: A collision took place involving a private motor vehicle and a lorry (use between) / There was no reduction last year in the number of cases involving cruelty to horses (use of).

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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

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.

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n

The state of becoming involved.

See words rhyming with "involve."

  See crossword solutions for the clue Involve.

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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