transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnvɒlv ]
( involves, involving, involved)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
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
VERB : V n / -ing , V n / -ing
2.
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.
VERB : V n
3.
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.
VERB : V pron-refl in n
4.
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...
VERB : V n in n / -ing
5.
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...
VERB : V n in n