involve meaning and definition

INVOLVE verb

Definition of involve (verb)

1. connect closely and often incriminatingly
   • "This new ruling affects your business"
   • synonyms: affect, regard
2. engage as a participant
   • "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"
3. have as a necessary feature
   • "This decision involves many changes"
   • synonyms: imply
4. 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 postulate a patient's consent"
   • synonyms: ask, call for, demand, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take
   • antonym: eliminate
5. contain as a part
   • "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"
6. occupy or engage the interest of
   • "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
7. make complex or intricate or complicated
   • "The situation was rather involved"