involve
involve is a 7-letter English word with 15 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine.
- transitive verb. To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity.
- transitive verb. To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure.
- transitive verb. To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply.
- transitive verb. To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge.
- transitive verb. To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery.
- transitive verb. To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb.
- transitive verb. To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power.
- verb. make complex or intricate or complicated
"The situation was rather involved"
- verb. occupy or engage the interest of
"His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
- verb. require as useful, just, or proper
"It takes nerve to do what she did"
"success usually requires hard work"
- verb. contain as a part
"Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"
- verb. have as a necessary feature
"This decision involves many changes"
- verb. connect closely and often incriminatingly
"This new ruling affects your business"
- verb. engage as a participant
"Don't involve me in your family affairs!"
Synonyms
ask, demand, necessitate, need, postulate, require, take, imply, affect, regard
Common word forms
involved, involver, involves, involving, involvement
Words from these letters
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