involve

comportare, includere

Comprendere qualcosa come parte di un’attività o situazione, oppure renderlo necessario.

In inglese semplice: To have something as a part of an activity or situation.

• The work involves travel.
• The repair involved replacing two parts.
• Does the course involve taking an exam?

Come si usa: involve doing something (The job involves visiting customers at home.)

Sinonimi: include, entail

Contrari: exclude

Espressioni comuni: involve travel, involve risk, involve hard work

coinvolgere

Far partecipare qualcuno a un’attività o metterlo in relazione con una situazione.

In inglese semplice: To make someone take part in an activity or become connected with a situation.

• Let’s involve everyone.
• The teacher involved parents in the project.
• Why did you involve the police?

Come si usa: involve someone in something (We involved the children in planning the party.); involve yourself in something (She involved herself in local politics.)

Sinonimi: include, engage, bring in

Contrari: exclude

Espressioni comuni: involve someone, involve the community, involve everyone

inviluppare, invischiare

Intrecciare cose in modo complicato o trascinare qualcuno in gravi difficoltà.

In inglese semplice: To mix things together in a complicated way, or draw someone into serious difficulties.

• His mistakes involved him in trouble.
• The failed venture involved several families in debt.
• The poet described roots involved in a tangled mass.

Come si usa: involve someone/something in something (His reckless spending involved the family in debt.)

Sinonimi: entangle, embroil, intertwine

Contrari: disentangle

Espressioni comuni: involve in debt, involve in misery, involve in trouble