involve

impliquer, comporter

Comprendre quelque chose dans une activité ou une situation, ou le rendre nécessaire.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : involve doing something (The job involves visiting customers at home.)

Synonymes : include, entail

Contraires : exclude

Expressions courantes : involve travel, involve risk, involve hard work

associer, impliquer

Faire participer quelqu’un à une activité ou le rendre concerné par une situation.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : involve someone in something (We involved the children in planning the party.); involve yourself in something (She involved herself in local politics.)

Synonymes : include, engage, bring in

Contraires : exclude

Expressions courantes : involve someone, involve the community, involve everyone

enchevêtrer, empêtrer

Mêler des choses de façon compliquée ou entraîner quelqu’un dans de graves difficultés.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : involve someone/something in something (His reckless spending involved the family in debt.)

Synonymes : entangle, embroil, intertwine

Contraires : disentangle

Expressions courantes : involve in debt, involve in misery, involve in trouble