involve
//ɪnˈvɒlv//
Forms
- present (v1)
- involve
- past (v2)
- involved
- past participle (v3)
- involved
- present participle
- involving
- 3rd person singular
- involves
Definitions
1.To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
- My job involves forecasting economic trends.
- The face which emerged was not reassuring. […] [T]here was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.
2.To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
- I don’t want to involve him in my personal affairs.
- How can we involve the audience more during the show?
- We are always trying to involve new technology in our products.
3.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.
Frequency
Overall
Common· #738
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
PIE word
*h₁én