involve

involve
involve
A vtr
1 (entail) impliquer, nécessiter [effort, travel] ; entraîner [danger, problems] ; to involve doing [job, sport, policy, plan] impliquer or nécessiter de faire ; it involves leaving early cela implique or nécessite de partir tôt ; there is a lot of work/effort involved cela implique beaucoup de travail/d'efforts ; there is some travelling/lifting involved cela nécessite de voyager/porter des charges ; the work involves computers le travail concerne les ordinateurs ;
2 (cause to participate) gen faire participer [person, group] (in à) ; (implicate) impliquer, mêler [person, group] (in dans) ; to be involved in (positive) participer à, être engagé dans [business, project] ; (negative) être mêlé à [scandal, robbery, fight] ; to be involved in doing s'occuper de faire ; to get involved in ou with sth gen se trouver engagé dans qch ; (in sth dubious) se trouver mêlé à qch ; not to get involved in ou with sth rester à l'écart de qch ; it will involve them in heavy expenditure ça va les entraîner à de grosses dépenses ; to feel involved se sentir impliqué ;
3 (affect) concerner, impliquer [person, animal, vehicle] ; three people were involved in the accident trois personnes étaient impliquées dans l'accident ; our future/their safety is involved notre avenir/leur sécurité est en jeu ;
4 (engross) [film, play, book] faire participer, prendre [person, audience] ; to be involved in être pris par, être plongé dans [film, book, work] ; to get involved in se laisser prendre par, se plonger dans [film, play, book, work] ;
5 (get emotionally attached) to be/get involved with être/devenir proche de [patient, client] ; (romantically) avoir une liaison avec [person] ; to be (too) involved in ou with prendre [qch] à cœur [problem, situation] ; you're too involved to make a judgment tu es trop concerné pour porter un jugement ;
6 (make a commitment) to get involved s'engager ; I don't want to get involved je ne veux pas m'engager.
B v refl to involve oneself in ou with (participate) prendre part à [project, task].

Big English-French dictionary. 2003.

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