| VERB | stative | involve, affect, regard | connect closely and often incriminatingly |
|---|---|---|---|
| stative | involve | engage as a participant | |
| stative | involve, imply | have as a necessary feature | |
| stative | involve, necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, call for, demand | require as useful, just, or proper | |
| stative | involve | contain as a part | |
| cognition | involve | occupy or engage the interest of | |
| change | involve | make complex or intricate or complicated |
| Sounds | ihnvaa'lv | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | absolve ... solve: 8 rhymes with aalv... | |
| Meaning | Connect closely and often incriminatingly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | affect, regard | |
| Narrower | implicate | Bring into intimate and incriminating connection |
| Broader | refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have to do with | Be relevant to |
| Spanish | afectar, comprometer, implicar, influir, involucrar | |
| Catalan | afectar, comprometre, implicar, influir, involucrar | |
| Nouns | involvement | a connection of inclusion or containment |
| Meaning | Engage as a participant. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody PP | |
| Example | "Don't involve me in your family affairs!" | |
| Narrower | embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in | Force into some kind of situation, condition, or course of action |
| entangle, mire | entrap | |
| Broader | admit, let in, include | Allow participation in or the right to be part of |
| Spanish | enredarse, implicar, involucrarse, involucrar, pringarse | |
| Catalan | embolicar-se, enfangar-se, enredar-se, implicar, involucrar | |
| Nouns | involvement, involution | the act of sharing in the activities of a group |
| involvement | the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) | |
| Meaning | Have as a necessary feature. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "This decision involves many changes" | |
| Synonym | imply | |
| Narrower | carry | Be necessarily associated with or result in or involve |
| Broader | have, feature | Have as a feature |
| Spanish | implicar, involucrar, suponer | |
| Catalan | implicar, involucrar | |
| Nouns | involvement | a connection of inclusion or containment |
| Meaning | require as useful, just, or proper. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, call for, demand | |
| Narrower | claim, take, exact | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs |
| compel | Necessitate or exact | |
| cost | require to lose, suffer, or sacrifice | |
| cry out for, cry for | Need badly or desperately | |
| draw | require a specified depth for floating | |
| govern | require to be in a certain grammatical case, voice, or mood | |
| Opposite | obviate, rid of, eliminate | Do away with |
| Similar to | claim, take, exact | Take as an undesirable consequence of some event or state of affairs |
| Spanish | demandar, exigir, implicar, involucrar, necesitar, pedir, precisar, preguntar, reclamar, requerir, solicitar | |
| Catalan | exigir, implicar, involucrar, necessitar, precisar, preguntar, reclamar, requerir | |
| Meaning | Contain as a part. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" | |
| Broader | include | Have as a part, be made up out of |
| Spanish | suponer | |
| Meaning | occupy or engage the interest of. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon" | |
| Broader | absorb, engross, engage, occupy | Consume all of one's attention or time |
| Nouns | involvement | a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something |
| Meaning | make complex or intricate or complicated. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The situation was rather involved" | |
| Broader | complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate | make more complex, intricate, or richer |
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