(~s, involving, ~d)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If a situation or activity ~s something, that thing is a necessary part or consequence of it.
Running a kitchen ~s a great deal of discipline and speed...
Nicky’s job as a public relations director ~s spending quite a lot of time with other people.
= entail
VERB: V n/-ing, V n/-ing
2.
If a situation or activity ~s someone, they are taking part in it.
If there was a cover-up, it ~d people at the very highest levels of government.
VERB: V n
3.
If you say that someone ~s themselves in something, you mean that they take part in it, often in a way that is unnecessary or unwanted.
I seem to have ~d myself in something I don’t understand.
VERB: V pron-refl in n
4.
If you ~ someone else in something, you get them to take part in it.
Noel and I do everything together, he ~s me in everything...
VERB: V n in n/-ing
5.
If one thing ~s 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 ~ you in extra cost...
VERB: V n in n