to involve

Definition of to involve in English English dictionary: To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb; 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 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; to draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively; {f} include; cause to be concerned with, entangle; engage, engross; complicate; incriminate, cause to be connected with; require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent"; To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine; To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery; If you involve someone else in something, you get them to take part in it. Noel and I do everything together, he involves me in everything; contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"; engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"; To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity; Status: involved; To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge; connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"; make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"; If you say that someone involves themselves in something, you mean that they take part in it, often in a way that is unnecessary or unwanted. I seem to have involved myself in something I don't understand; have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes"; engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!; If a situation or activity involves something, that thing is a necessary part or consequence of it. Running a kitchen involves a great deal of discipline and speed Nicky's job as a public relations director involves spending quite a lot of time with other people. = entail; make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved" occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon" wrap; "The tower was involved in mist" contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!; wrap; "The tower was involved in mist"; If one thing involves you in another thing, especially something unpleasant or inconvenient, the first thing causes you to do or deal with the second. A late booking may involve you in extra cost; If a situation or activity involves someone, they are taking part in it. If there was a cover-up, it involved people at the very highest levels of government; occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"