involve
pronunciation
How to pronounce involve in British English:
UK [ɪnˈvɒlv]
How to pronounce involve in American English:
US [ɪnˈvɑːlv]
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- Verb:
- connect closely and often incriminatingly
- engage as a participant
- have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail
- require as useful, just, or proper
- contain as a part
- wrap
- occupy or engage the interest of
- make complex or intricate or complicated
Word Origin
- involve
- involve: see volume
- involve (v.)
- late 14c., "envelop, surround," from Latin involvere "envelop, surround, overwhelm," literally "roll into," from in- "in" (see in- (2)) + volvere "to roll" (see volvox). Originally "envelop, surround," sense of "take in, include" first recorded c. 1600. Related: Involved; Involving.
Example
- 1. These policies would involve explicit taxpayer costs .
- 2. War crimes typically involve deliberate brutality or recklessness .
- 3. This need not involve full-fledged fiscal union .
- 4. The best prevention schemes involve sex workers themselves .
- 5. School disco success does not involve commitment .