INVOLVEMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does involvement mean? 

• INVOLVEMENT (noun)
  The noun INVOLVEMENT has 5 senses:

1. the act of sharing in the activities of a group

2. a connection of inclusion or containment

3. a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

4. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

5. the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)

  Familiarity information: INVOLVEMENT used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INVOLVEMENT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of sharing in the activities of a group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

engagement; involution; involvement; participation

Context example:

the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities

Hypernyms ("involvement" is a kind of...):

group action (action taken by a group of people)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "involvement"):

commitment (an engagement by contract involving financial obligation)

intercession; intervention (the act of intervening (as to mediate a dispute, etc.))

group participation (participation by all members of a group)

Antonym:

non-involvement (withdrawing from the activities of a group)

Derivation:

involve (engage as a participant)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A connection of inclusion or containment

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Context example:

there was additional involvement of the liver and spleen

Hypernyms ("involvement" is a kind of...):

connectedness; connection; connexion (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "involvement"):

implication (a relation implicated by virtue of involvement or close connection (especially an incriminating involvement))

comprehension; inclusion (the relation of comprising something)

Derivation:

involve (have as a necessary feature)

involve (connect closely and often incriminatingly)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

interest; involvement

Context example:

an interest in music

Hypernyms ("involvement" is a kind of...):

curiosity; wonder (a state in which you want to learn more about something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "involvement"):

enthusiasm (a lively interest)

concern (something that interests you because it is important or affects you)

Derivation:

involve (occupy or engage the interest of)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

affair; affaire; amour; intimacy; involvement; liaison

Hypernyms ("involvement" is a kind of...):

sexual relationship (a relationship involving sexual intimacy)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

involvement; participation

Hypernyms ("involvement" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Derivation:

involve (engage as a participant)

 Context examples 

Gastrointestinal tract and lung are common sites of involvement.

(Carcinoid Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

Breast cancer with positive molecular findings by RT-PCR, but without histological or immunohistochemical evidence of regional lymph node involvement.

(Breast Cancer pN0(mol+) TNM Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

Lymph node involvement is uncommon and the prognosis is generally good.

(Microinvasive Breast Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)

This questionnaire can be scored between 0 and 18, where a score greater than 7 suggests vascular involvement.

(Modified Hachinski Ischemic Scale-NACC Version Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

N refers to the extent of lymph node involvement.

(N Stage, NCI Thesaurus)

Peripheral blood involvement by abnormal T-cells (cerebriform cells) is a late manifestation of mycosis fungoides, whereas it is the presenting finding in Sezary syndrome. —2003

(Mycosis Fungoides and Sezary Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)

Breast cancer without histological evidence of regional lymph node involvement, and with negative molecular findings by RT-PCR.

(Breast Cancer pN0(mol-) TNM Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

It usually affects pregnant or lactating women and presents with bilateral breast involvement and breast swelling.

(Breast Burkitt Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A minority of patient with bilateral retinoblastoma were found to have involvement of the pineal gland as well.

(Bilateral Retinoblastoma, NCI Thesaurus)

A myelodysplastic/myeloproliferative neoplasm characterized by the principal involvement of the neutrophil series with leukocytosis and multilineage dysplasia.

(Atypical Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, BCR-ABL1 Negative, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)