Term: involve





Involve (verb) /ɪnˈvɑːlv/:
  1. To include someone or something as a necessary part or result. LV: ietvert, iesaistīt, nozīmēt.
  2. To cause someone to take part in an activity or situation. LV: iesaistīt (kādā darbībā).

Example sentences:

  1. The new job will involve a lot of traveling around Europe.
  2. We want to involve as many students as possible in the school play.
  3. Solving this problem will involve making some very difficult decisions.

Used to show that something is a part of the situation being discussed.

“There was an accident involving two trucks on the highway.”

Common phrases:

  • Get involved: To start taking part in something.”You should get involved in extra-curricular activities to meet new people.”
  • Involved in: Actively participating or connected.”He is heavily involved in the local music scene.”
  • Actively involved: Taking a busy and energetic part in something.
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
involve (verb)
transitive verb
1.
archaic to enfold or envelop so as to encumber
2.
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 (as oneself) absorbingly , especially to commit (as oneself) emotionally - was involved with a married man
3.
to surround as if with a wrapping - envelop
4.
a) archaic to wind, coil, or wreathe about
b) to relate closely - connect
5.
a) to have within or as part of itself - include
b) to require as a necessary accompaniment - entail
c) - affect the cancer involved the lymph nodes include
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
involve (verb)
1.
to be the business or affair of
SYNONYMS:
affect, involve, touch
RELATED WORDS:
appertain (to), apply (to), bear (on), pertain (to), refer (to), relate (to); embroil, ensnare, entangle, implicate
involve (verb)
2.
to have as part of a whole
SYNONYMS:
carry, comprehend, contain, embrace, encompass, entail, involve, number, subsume, take in
RELATED WORDS:
comprise, consist (of); bracket; have, hold, own, possess; admit, receive; compose, constitute, form, make; assimilate, embody, incorporate, integrate
NEAR ANTONYMS:
ban, bar, debar, preclude, prevent, prohibit; deny, refuse, reject; eliminate, except, rule out; lose, mislay, misplace
exclude, leave (out), miss out [], omit
involve (verb)
3.
to hold the attention of
SYNONYMS:
absorb, bemuse, busy, catch up, engross, enthrall ( enthral), enwrap, fascinate, grip, immerse, interest, intrigue, involve, occupy
RELATED WORDS:
allure, attract, beguile, bewitch, captivate, charm, enchant, obsess; hypnotize, mesmerize; distract, preoccupy; hog, monopolize
NEAR ANTONYMS:
bore, jade, pall, tire, weary
involve (verb)
4.
to surround or cover closely
SYNONYMS:
bosom, bower, circumfuse, cocoon, embosom, embower, embrace, enclose ( inclose), encompass, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, invest, involve, lap, mantle, muffle, shroud, swathe, veil, wrap
RELATED WORDS:
curtain, drape; embed ( imbed), encase; swaddle; blanket, overlay, overspread; camouflage, cloak, disguise, mask; circle, encircle, enlace, enwind
NEAR ANTONYMS:
bare, denude, expose, strip
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