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English verb: involve | |||
| 1. | involve (stative) connect closely and often incriminatingly | ||
| Samples | This new ruling affects your business. | ||
| Synonyms | affect, regard | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bear on, come to, concern, have-to doe with, pertain, refer, relate, touch, touch on | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | implicate | ||
| 2. | involve (stative) engage as a participant | ||
| Samples | Don't involve me in your family affairs!. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s somebody PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | admit, include, let in | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | drag, drag in, embroil, entangle, mire, sweep, sweep up, tangle | ||
| 3. | involve (stative) have as a necessary feature | ||
| Samples | This decision involves many changes. | ||
| Synonyms | imply | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | feature, have | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | carry | ||
| 4. | involve (stative) require as useful, just, or proper | ||
| Samples | 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 | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | claim, compel, cost, cry for, cry out for, draw, exact, govern, take | ||
| Verb group | claim, exact, take | ||
| Antonyms | obviate, rid of, eliminate | ||
| 5. | involve (stative) contain as a part | ||
| Samples | Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | include | ||
| 6. | involve (cognition) occupy or engage the interest of | ||
| Samples | His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | absorb, engage, engross, occupy | ||
| 7. | involve (change) make complex or intricate or complicated | ||
| Samples | The situation was rather involved. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | complicate, elaborate, rarify, refine | ||
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