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involve [ in·volve ]

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ɪnˈvɑːlv ]
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ɪnˈvɒlv ]
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Verb

1. Have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result.

a bill proposing harsher penalties for crimes involving firearms and drugs

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2. Cause to participate in an activity or situation.

an opportunity to involve as many people as possible in all aspects of music-making

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3. (be/get involved) Be or become occupied or engrossed in something.

her husband had been very involved in his work

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4. (be involved) Be engaged in an emotional or personal relationship.

The people that's been involved with that sort of situation in the past.

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Origin

1. Late Middle English (in the senses ‘enfold’ and ‘entangle’; formerly also as envolve): from Latin involvere, from in- ‘into’ + volvere ‘to roll’.

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