involve

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To include something as a necessary part or result

   This decision involves a lot of changes to the schedule.

2. 2
   verb

   To make someone take part in an activity or situation

   Please don't involve me in your family arguments.

3. 3
   verb

   To have something as a main part of what you do

   My job involves forecasting economic trends.

4. 4
   verb

   To hold someone's attention completely

   The story completely involved me for the whole afternoon.

Common collocations

• involve the police Verb + noun

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)”)).

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