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in·volve (in välv′, -vôlv′)

transitive verb involved -·volved′, involving -·volv′·ing

  1. Archaic to enfold or envelop as in a wrapping fog involved the shoreline
  2. Obsolete to wind spirally; coil up
  3. to make intricate, tangled, or complicated
  4. to entangle in trouble, difficulty, danger, etc.; implicate
  5. to draw or hold within itself; include a riot that soon involved thousands
  6. to include by necessity; entail; require a project involving years of work
  7. to relate to or affect the matter involves his honor
  8. to make busy; employ; occupy involved the class in research

Etymology: ME involven < L involvere < in-, in + volvere, to roll: see walk

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involve

v.

include, draw into, compromise, implicate, entangle, entail, link, connect, incriminate, associate, affect, concern, relate to, catch up, wrap up in, denote, argue, suggest, prove, comprise, point to, commit, mix up, bring up; see also include 1, mean 1, occupy 3, require 2. See syn. study at include.


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involve Usage Examples

Object

  • risk: Scuba Diving is a sport that involves some risk to life.

Present participle complement

  • widen: Aimhigher's remit involves widening participation in higher education.
  • assess: This has involved assessing every aspect of the building for its esthetic and architectural qualities.

Modifying Another Word

  • actively: There have also been contacts with the ODPM over them being actively involved in the program arrangements.

Preposition: in

  • accident: There have been of late, a number of incidents where the Police have been involved in serious accidents in pursuing stolen cars.
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