word-vault/dist/data/cards/in/involve.json

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{
    "term": "involve",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "involve",
            "heSheIt": "involves"
        },
        "pastSimple": "involved",
        "pastParticiple": "involved",
        "ingForm": "involving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "if a situation, an event or an activity involves something, that thing is an important or necessary part or result of it",
            "sensetop": "involve somethinginvolve doing somethinginvolve somebody/something doing something",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Any investment involves an element of risk.",
                    "contextForm": "involve something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The process involves using steam to sterilize the instruments.",
                    "contextForm": "involve doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The test will involve answering questions about a photograph."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The job involves me travelling all over the country.",
                    "contextForm": "involve somebody/something doing something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The job involves my travelling all over the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many of the crimes involved drugs."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Inventions typically involve minor improvements in technology."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The reforms will inevitably involve a lot of new paperwork for teachers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The measures to improve the health service will involve an increase in government spending."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["generally", "typically", "usually"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "if a situation, an event or an activity involves somebody/something, they take part in it or are affected by it",
            "sensetop": "involve somebody/something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There was a serious incident involving a group of youths."
                },
                {
                    "text": "cases involving the care of young children"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["actively", "directly"],
                "preposition": ["in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make somebody take part in something",
            "sensetop": "involve somebody (in something/in doing something)involve yourself (in something)",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "We want to involve as many people as possible in the celebrations.",
                    "contextForm": "involve somebody (in something/in doing something)"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Parents should involve themselves in their child's education.",
                    "contextForm": "involve yourself (in something)"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["actively", "directly"],
                "preposition": ["in"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to say or do something to show that somebody took part in something, especially a crime",
            "sensetop": "involve somebody (in something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "His confession involved a number of other politicians in the affair."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvɒlv/",
                "audio": "in/involve/involve__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvɒlvz/",
                "audio": "in/involve/involves__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvɒlvd/",
                "audio": "in/involve/involved__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvɒlvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/involve/involving__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvɑːlv/",
                "audio": "in/involve/involve__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvɑːlvz/",
                "audio": "in/involve/involves__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvɑːlvd/",
                "audio": "in/involve/involved__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvɑːlvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "in/involve/involving__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the senses ‘enfold’ and ‘entangle’; formerly also as envolve): from Latin involvere, from in- ‘into’ + volvere ‘to roll’."
}