involve

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involve
v. include; cause to be concerned with, entangle; engage, engross; complicate; incriminate, cause to be connected with

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involve

Verb
1. connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"
(synonym) affect, regard
(hypernym) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
(hyponym) implicate
(derivation) involvement
2. engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"
(hypernym) admit, let in, include
(hyponym) embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
(derivation) engagement, participation, involvement, involution
3. have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes"
(synonym) imply
(hypernym) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, call for, demand
(hyponym) carry
(derivation) involvement
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 postulates a patient's consent"
(synonym) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, call for, demand
(hyponym) claim, take, exact
(verb-group) claim, take, exact
5. contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"
(hypernym) include
6. wrap; "The tower was involved in mist"
(hypernym) envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
(derivation) involution, enfolding
7. occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
(hypernym) absorb, engross, engage, occupy
(derivation) interest, involvement
8. make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"
(hypernym) complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate


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involve
v. vyžadovat

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involve
Czas. wymagać; pociągać za sobą; dotyczyć; angażować; wciągać/mieszać (kogoś w coś)