▪ cause (a person or group) to experience or participate in an activity or situation: "what kind of organizations will be involved in setting up these projects?"Similarincludecount intake inbring indraw intake into accounttake account oftake note ofallow forcoverincorporateencompassdeal withtouch onembracecomprisecontaincomprehendOppositeexclude
▪ be engaged in an emotional or personal relationship:"Angela told me she was involved with someone else"
Word Originlate Middle English (in the senses ‘enfold’ and ‘entangle’; formerly also as envolve): from Latin involvere, from in- ‘into’ + volvere ‘to roll’.