involve
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involve
- /ɪnˈvɒlv/ UK
- /ɪnˈvɔlv/ British, Southern, Standard
- /ɪnˈvoːv/ Multicultural London English
- /ɪnˈvɑlv/ US
- /ɪnˈvɔlv/ US
Rhymes with -ɒlv
Where it comes from
PIE word
*h₁én
From Late Middle English involven (“to cloud; to encumber; to envelop, surround; to ponder (something); (reflexive) to concern (oneself) with something”) [and other forms], borrowed from Old French involver, envoudre, or from its etymon Latin involvere, the present active infinitive of Latin involvō (“to roll to or upon something; to roll about; to coil or curl up; to cover; to envelop, wrap up; to overwhelm”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + volvō (“to roll; to tumble”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn; to wind (turn coils)”)).
verb involves · involving · involved · involve
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To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
My job involves forecasting economic trends.
Similar: comprehend
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To include (something) as a logical or natural, or necessary component, or consequence or effect of something else; to entail, to imply.
Many conceive there is ſomevvhat amiſſe, and that as vve uſually ſay, they are unbleſt untill they put on their girdle: vvherein (although moſt knovv not vvhat they ſay) there are involved unknovvne conſiderations; for by a girdle or cincture are ſymbolically implied Truth, Reſolution and Readineſſe
Similar: comprehend
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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.
Similar: include
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Chiefly followed by with: to engage (someone or oneself) in an emotional or sexual relationship.
Similar: include
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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
Similar: blend, ensnarl, implicate, merge, admix, amalgamate, bemingle, combine, commingle, intermingle, intermix, involve
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To cover or envelop (something) completely; to hide, to surround.
to involve in darkness or obscurity
Similar: enfold, enwrap, swallow up
- To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round. VVe muſt be ſtiffe and ſteddie in reſolue. / Let's thus our hands, our hearts, our armes inuolue.
- To make (something) intricate; to complicate. And as wililye as thoſe ſhrewes that beguyle hym haue holpe hym to inuolue and intryke the matter: I ſhall vſe ſo playn and open a way therin, that euery man ſhall well ſee the trouth.
- To multiply (a number) by itself a given number of times; to raise to any assigned power. a quantity involved to the third or fourth power
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: regard, imply, require, ask, demand, take, necessitate, need, affect, call for, comprehend, incorporate, include, comprise, pertain, inclusion
Translations
Every language
verb to have (something) as a component or a related part — see also comprise, include
| Español | involucrar |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | verbunden sein (mit), mit sich bringen |
verb to cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation
| Español | involucrarse, involucrar, llevar en la balastra |
|---|---|
| Português | envolver |
| Français | impliquer, involver |
| Deutsch | sich engagieren, jdn. bei etwas einschalten, einbinden, einbeziehen, jdn. hinzuziehen (zu etwas) |
| Italiano | coinvolgere |
| Русский | каса́ться kasátʹsja, косну́ться kosnútʹsja |
verb to include (something) as a logical or natural, or necessary component, or consequence or effect of something else
| Español | involucrar |
|---|
verb to engage (someone or oneself) in an emotional or sexual relationship
| Deutsch | (dabei) mitspielen |
|---|
verb to entangle, intertwine, or mingle (something with one or more other things, or several things together); to entangle (someone or something) in a confusing or t
| Português | envolver |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | verwickeln, verstricken, hineinziehen (in etw. Negatives) |
| Русский | содержа́ть soderžátʹ, включа́ть vključátʹ, включи́ть vključítʹ |
verb to cover or envelop (something) completely; to hide, to surround
| 日本語 | 巻き込む makikomu |
|---|---|
| Português | envolver |
| Deutsch | (etw.)einwickeln |
| Italiano | avvolgere |
| Русский | обвола́кивать obvolákivatʹ, обволо́чь obvolóčʹ, оку́тывать okútyvatʹ, оку́тать okútatʹ, покрыва́ть pokryvátʹ, покры́ть pokrýtʹ |
verb to form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds — see also fold up, roll
| Español | envolver |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | einrollen, aufrollen, aufräufeln, falten |
| Русский | обёртывать objórtyvatʹ, оберну́ть pf or обороти́ть obernútʹ, обора́чивать oboráčivatʹ, оберну́ть obernútʹ |
verb to make (something) intricate — see also complicate
| Deutsch | verkomplizieren, mit Schwierigkeiten verbinden |
|---|---|
| Русский | запу́тывать zapútyvatʹ, запу́тать zapútatʹ |
verb to multiply (a number) by itself a given number of times
| Español | elevar |
|---|---|
| Português | elevar |
| Italiano | elevare |
| Русский | возводи́ть в сте́пень vozvodítʹ v stépenʹ, возвести́ в сте́пень vozvestí v stépenʹ |
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