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- Dictionaryinvolve/ɪnˈvɒlv/
verb
- 1. have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result: "my job involves a lot of travelling" Similar Opposite
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to include someone in something, or to make them take part in or feel part of it: I prefer teaching methods that actively involve students in learn ing. She's been involved with animal rights for many years. It would be difficult not to involve the child's father in the arrangements. Fewer examples.
1. a. : to engage as a participant. workers involved in building a house. b. : to oblige to take part. right of Congress to involve the nation in war. c. : to occupy (someone, such as oneself) absorbingly. especially : to commit (someone) emotionally. was involved with a married man. 2. a. : to have within or as part of itself : include. b.
When someone is very involved, it means they are engaged or connected to a lot of activities. When someone is self-involved, all they connect with is him or herself.
involve somebody (in something/in doing something) We want to involve as many people as possible in the celebrations. involve yourself (in something) Parents should involve themselves in their child's education.
to include someone in something, or to make them take part in or feel part of it: I prefer teaching methods that actively involve students in learn ing. She's been involved with animal rights for many years. It would be difficult not to involve the child's father in the arrangements. Fewer examples.
To involve is to bring more or less deeply into something, especially of a complicated, embarrassing, or troublesome nature: I'd rather not to involve someone else in my debt.
To involve is to bring more or less deeply into something, esp. 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.
1. to include or contain as a necessary part: the task involves hard work. 2. to have an effect on; spread to: the investigation involved many innocent people. 3. ( often passive; usually foll by in or with) to concern or associate significantly: many people were involved in the crime.
involve somebody (in something) to say or do something to show that someone took part in something, especially a crime synonym implicate His confession involved a number of other politicians in the scandal.
INVOLVE definition: 1. If a situation or activity involves something, that thing is a necessary part of it: 2. to…. Learn more.
