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Meaning of 'involve' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Involve [ v. t.]
- To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
- To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.
- To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
- To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
- To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
- To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
- To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.
- To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.

Meaning of 'involve' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . involve [ v]
Meaning (1):
- contain as a part
Example in sentence:
  • Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses
Meaning (2):
- engage as a participant
Example in sentence:
  • Don't involve me in your family affairs!
Meaning (3):
- occupy or engage the interest of
Example in sentence:
  • His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon
Meaning (4):
- require as useful, just, or proper
Example in sentence:
  • It takes nerve to do what she did;
  • success usually requires hard work;
  • This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert;
  • This intervention does not postulate a patient's consent;
  • This job asks a lot of patience and skill;
  • This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice
Meaning (5):
- make complex or intricate or complicated
Example in sentence:
  • The situation was rather involved
Meaning (6):
- have as a necessary feature
Example in sentence:
  • This decision involves many changes
Meaning (7):
- connect closely and often incriminatingly
Example in sentence:
  • This new ruling affects your business

Nearby Words:

invade invaded invader invading invaginate invaginated invagination invalescence invaletudinary invalid

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