Definitions of involve [ɪnˈvɒlv]

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Definition of 'involve'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) involve
to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail:
This job involves long hours.

2.  involve
to engage or employ.

3.  involve
to include within itself or its scope.

4.  involve
to bring into an intricate or complicated form or condition.

5.  involve
to cause to be troublesomely associated, as in something embarrassing or unfavorable:
Don't involve me in your quarrel!

6.  involve
to combine inextricably (usu. fol. by with).

7.  involve
to implicate, as in guilt or crime, or in any matter or affair.

8.  involve
to engage the interests or emotions or commitment of.

9.  involve
to envelop or enfold, as if with a wrapping.

10.  involve
Archaic. to roll, surround, or shroud, as in a wrapping.

11.  involve
to roll up on itself; coil.

Etymology: (1350–1400; ME < L involvere to roll up, wrap up, envelop =in-in-²+volvere to roll)

Definition of 'involve'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) involve, affect, regard
connect closely and often incriminatingly
"This new ruling affects your business"

2. (verb) involve
engage as a participant
"Don't involve me in your family affairs!"

3. (verb) imply, involve
have as a necessary feature
"This decision involves many changes"

4. (verb) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, involve, call for, demand
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"

5. (verb) involve
contain as a part
"Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"

6. (verb) involve
occupy or engage the interest of
"His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"

7. (verb) involve
make complex or intricate or complicated
"The situation was rather involved"

Definition of 'involve'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) involve
to consist of or include
medical treatment that involves surgery; a video game that involves traveling through space

2. involve
to affect or concern
This discussion does not involve you.

3. involve
to allow to take part
It's important to involve children in the decision-making.

Definition of 'involve'

Webster Dictionary

1. (verb) involve
to roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine

2. (verb) involve
to envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity

3. (verb) involve
to complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure

4. (verb) involve
to connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply

5. (verb) involve
to take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge

6. (verb) involve
to envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery

7. (verb) involve
to engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb

8. (verb) involve
to raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power

Translation of 'involve'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: to require; to bring as a result His job involves a lot of travelling.
Afrikaans: behels	Arabic: يَشْتَمِل على	Bulgarian: включвам
Brazilian: envolver	Czech: vyžadovat	German: einschließen
Danish: involvere; medføre	Greek: απαιτώ, συνεπάγομαι	Spanish: suponer, implicar
Estonian: kaasa tooma	Farsi: مستلزم بودن؛ در بر داشتن	Finnish: sisältää
French: nécessiter	Hebrew: לִהיוֹת כָּרוּך ב-	Hindi: शामिल करना
Croatian: obuhvaćati	Hungarian: maga után von, vmivel jár	Indonesian: memerlukan
Icelandic: hafaí för með sér	Italian: implicare, comportare	Japanese: 伴う
Korean: 필요로 하다	Lithuanian: reikalauti	Latvian: ietvert; būt saistītam
Malay: memerlukan	Dutch: met zich meebrengen	Norwegian: kreve, medføre
Polish: wymagać, pociągać za sobą	Persian: مستلزم بودن؛ در بر داشتن	Pashto: لازم اوسيدل، درلودل
Portuguese: envolver	Romanian: a cere	Russian: подразумевать
Slovak: vyžadovať	Slovenian: zahtevati	Serbian: podrazumevati
Swedish: medföra, innefatta, inneb	Thai: เกี่ยวข้อง; มีส่วนร่วม	Turkish: gerektirmek
Taiwanese: 需要	Ukrainian: спричиняти, викликати	Urdu: کسی چیز کا شامل ہونا
Vietnamese: đòi hỏi; cần phải	Chinese: 需要
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