Involve

/ɪnˈvɒlv/ · verb

Meaning

To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include..

Definitions by Sense

1. To have (something) as a component or a related part; to comprise, to include.
2. To cause or engage (someone or something) to become connected or implicated, or to participate, in some activity or situation.
3. (figuratively) 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.
4. To cover or envelop (something) completely; to hide, to surround.
5. To form (something) into a coil or spiral, or into folds; to entwine, to fold up, to roll, to wind round.
6. To make (something) intricate; to complicate.
7. To multiply (a number) by itself a given number of times; to raise to any assigned power.

Example Sentences

My job involves forecasting economic trends.

But there remaineth yet another vſe of POESY PARABOLICAL, […] That is vvhen the Secrets and Miſteries of Religion, Pollicy, or Philoſophy, are inuolued in Fables or Parables. Of this in diuine Poeſie, vvee ſee the vſe is authoriſed.

Some have vvritten Myſtically, as Paracelſus, […] involving therein the ſecret of their Elixir, and enigmatically expreſſing the nature of their great vvorke.

The Opinion of the pure and intellectual Nature of Numbers in Abſtract, has made 'em in eſteem vvith thoſe Philoſophers, […] And hath heretofore ſo far infected the Minds of ſome, that they have dreamt of mighty Myſteries involved in Numbers, and attempted the Explication of Natural Things by them.

Most persons express themselves as surprised at its quantity; not having known before to what an extent good art had been accumulated in England: and it will, therefore, I should think, be held a worthy subject of consideration, what are the political interests involved in such accumulation.

The face which emerged was not reassuring. […] [T]here was a deficiency of a sort there, and it was not made more pretty by a latter-day hair cut which involved eccentrically long elf-locks and oiled black curls.

Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes' cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.

By involving herself in her local community, Mary met lots of people and also helped make it a nicer place to live.

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