involving

1. connect closely and often incriminatinglyExamples: "This new ruling affects your business"Synonyms: affect, involve, regard

2. engage as a participantExamples: "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"Synonyms: involve

3. have as a necessary featureExamples: "This decision involves many changes"Synonyms: imply, involve

4. require as useful, just, or properExamples: "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"Synonyms: ask, call for, demand, involve, necessitate, need, postulate, requireAntonyms: obviate

5. contain as a partExamples: "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"Synonyms: involve

6. occupy or engage the interest ofExamples: "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"Synonyms: involve