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to involve

to involve

1.8
Include someone or something as a necessary part of an activity
  • verb
  • /ɪnˈvɑlv/
translation icon : involucrar
  • We need to involve all team members in the planning process to ensure everyone's ideas are heard.
  • get involved
  • actively involve
  • involve students

And the building step involves this, the barrel.

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Examples

  • For significant event audits, it is important to involve all members of the primary healthcare team.

    Academic text (2011)
  • I want to be involved.

  • Should there be a way to involve not just the young?

  • We need to involve the other passengers.

  • Give individuals the opportunity to be involved in assessments, planning, developing, and reviewing their support.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Don't stay home, get involved, get out and vote.

  • Part 2 of this article will explore ways of involving patients in decision-making.

    Academic text (2011)
  • There are treatments for tinnitus that involve taking certain substances.

  • Furthermore, there may be opportunities to actively involve local communities in research projects through participatory research.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Sustainable solutions to such future challenges exist and involve closing the loop on the human phosphorus cycle.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

to need
vsto involve
1.0

To require something because it is important

also can mean making someone a necessary participant in an activity
to include
vsto involve
1.0

To make a person or thing part of something larger

also brings people into activities or makes them necessary
to take
vsto involve
1.0

Need a certain amount of time or space

often means making someone or something necessary to the activity
to require
vsto involve
1.1

Need something because a rule or situation makes it necessary

adds the idea of having someone take part as necessary
to engage
vsto involve
676 3.4

To take part in an activity

emphasizes being a necessary part rather than just participation
to call for
vsto involve
359 3.2

Need something because the situation makes it necessary

can instead mean having people or things take part or be required
to demand
vsto involve
311 2.1

To need something because a job or situation must have it

is milder, often meaning having someone be part rather than forcing it
to necessitate
vsto involve
  • Formal
24 6.3

To make something needed as a result

is less causal and more about making someone part or required

Antonyms

338 3.0

To keep someone or something out so they are not part of something

16 3.9

To take something off from what it is connected to

How Much

to require
1.1
to involve
1.8
to engage
676 3.4
to include
1.0
to touch on
87 3.4

Surface Forms

involve infinitive
involved past
involved past participle
involving present participle
involves third person singular

Morphology

involve = in + volve

Opaque because the root 'volve' is not a standalone English word and the Latin prefix 'in-' does not yield a transparently compositional meaning for typical learners.

Etymology

Involve comes from Latin parts in- 'in' and volvere 'to roll'. Imagine being 'rolled into' a plan or activity so you are part of it. So, to involve someone is to include them or make them take part.