EGAVE

involve

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 27.18 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
    My job involves forecasting economic trends.
  2. verb To include (something) as a logical or natural, or necessary component, or consequence or effect of something else; to entail, to imply.
  3. verb To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
    By involving herself in her local community, Mary met lots of people and also helped make it a nicer place to live.
  4. verb Chiefly followed by with: to engage (someone or oneself) in an emotional or sexual relationship.
  5. verb To entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one or more other things, or several things together); especially, to entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or troublesome situation.
    to involve a person in debt or misery
  6. verb To cover or envelop (something) completely; to hide, to surround.
    to involve in darkness or obscurity
  7. verb To cover or envelop (something) completely; to hide, to surround.
    to involve in darkness or obscurity
  8. verb To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round.

Similar words

regard imply require ask demand take necessitate need affect call for

Often followed by

the a an some any more only both themselves all

Word family

invariable invariably involved involvement involver involvers involves involving

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