have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result:my job involves a lot of travellinga bill proposing harsher penalties for crimes involving firearms and drugs
cause to participate in an activity or situation:an opportunity to involve as many people as possible in all aspects of music-making
(be/get involved) be or become occupied or engrossed in something:her husband had been very involved in his work
(be involved) be engaged in an emotional or personal relationship:Angela told me she was involved with someone else