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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
involvement
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
active participation/involvement (=in an activity or event)
▪ Active participation in community life is important in small towns and villages.
▪ The school encourages the active involvement of parents.
deny any involvement in sth
▪ The chairman denied any involvement in the affair.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
active
▪ The latter is likely to provide some scope for active involvement in the worshipping and musical life of the parish.
▪ First, it simply does not create and foster the active, sensitive involvement by managers that is needed.
▪ The most obvious change in nursing practice apparent to returners is the active involvement of patients and clients in their own care.
▪ She has denied any active involvement.
▪ Some Democratic Unionists do precisely this by, for example, listing their active involvement with the Orders on their election literature.
▪ And it begins with the active involvement of every manager.
▪ On the other hand, capitalist economies are based on the willing and active involvement of the very workers they are exploiting.
▪ The mounting of school productions and active involvement in community or touring theatre initiatives are thus of immense value.
alleged
▪ About 600 members of the armed forces were discharged for alleged involvement in the coup attempt.
▪ And in Corse and Over, another four people were arrested and questioned about their alleged involvement in organising the festival.
▪ One was about the alleged involvement of the special branch.
close
▪ Management opportunities - close involvement with line management may offer opportunities to those who wish to transfer into management.
▪ His close involvement threatens to embarrass Mitterrand's government, although there is no suggestion he was involved in any wrong-doing.
▪ He has had close involvement with the Diploma in Industrial Administration since its introduction.
deep
▪ However, Madeleine kept up a spirit of personal participation and deep involvement in her own healing.
▪ A relationship broke up and there was an even deeper involvement with drugs thereafter.
▪ I am not looking for money, just a deep involvement and I must be worth a telephone call.
direct
▪ They are a useful alternative for small companies whose overseas operations are limited, not warranting the expense of direct involvement.
▪ But Bonior, the second-ranking House Democrat, denied any direct involvement.
▪ By and large, Sussex escaped a very direct involvement in the war since the main battles were fought elsewhere.
▪ Elections held this spring, for instance, presented a significant shift away from direct party political involvement in the Association.
▪ We invited direct involvement from the profession.
▪ The Charismatics see direct satanic involvement in this revival, and say the neo-pagans are devil-worshipping.
▪ Next, it underlined the dismay with which many observers viewed the prospect of direct superpower involvement in Gulf affairs.
▪ This can only be achieved with the direct involvement of current and potential service users and frontline staff in setting service targets.
emotional
▪ There was never any emotional involvement, just a physical act that offered him some release.
▪ How can we reconcile the low frequency of expressions of emotional involvement in election campaigns with the high frequency of antagonistic partisanship?
▪ According to Tormey's theory of Expression, emotional involvement for the actor is minimal.
▪ This is why you should be as free from emotional upset and involvement as possible when taking it.
▪ The same applies to the impression of emotional involvement.
▪ Second, for the fieldworker such studies are extremely demanding in tact, energy, persistence, time and emotional involvement.
▪ As the coffin slides into the furnace, we try to restrict our emotional involvement - sometimes at considerable psychological cost.
▪ It shows her growing emotional involvement and gradually seems to affect her every movement.
great
▪ In all cases, there could be great involvement in a whole range of legal issues.
▪ The concept of greater parental involvement was favourably received, and this involvement has increased in the years since Plowden.
▪ The Labour Party supported the idea of greater parental involvement.
▪ I ask the Minister if he will undertake to develop proposals to encourage greater involvement by ex-RAF pilots in the reserves.
military
▪ Both coalitions wanted changes in the Constitution to bar the military from future involvement in politics.
▪ Mr Bush, unsurprisingly, opposes military involvement on the ground.
▪ Disunity in Congress also compelled the administration to look for allies if it was to risk military involvement.
▪ In the past the prospect of military involvement by the West has been viewed with caution and reluctance.
parental
▪ Edis and Brabazon have suggested that parental involvement would be improved if parents were given more extensive rights.
▪ On the other hand, sending a child off to a series of lessons can not replace parental involvement.
▪ After the visit the head talked about the importance of parental involvement.
▪ There is a lot of parental involvement and we have made several improvements to give it a better image.
▪ They praised the relaxed atmosphere of the school and the emphasis placed on parental involvement and links with outside organisations.
▪ The ability of the school to enlist - and respond to - parental involvement, will be crucial.
▪ The concept of greater parental involvement was favourably received, and this involvement has increased in the years since Plowden.
▪ Some local authorities also encouraged parental involvement, by setting up consultative panels of parents.
personal
▪ And each shot he takes is an exciting work of art precisely be-cause of his intense personal involvement.
▪ Before there was any personal involvement, they settled the business.
▪ Making the best bread takes a personal, intimate involvement.
▪ When the Allies protested, Franco distanced himself from personal involvement and promised that something would be done.
▪ The inclusion of an empty leather luggage label simply inscribed Josef Bien is one reminder of her personal involvement.
▪ Selznick's personal involvement in the recruitment and selection process for the film's star was legendary.
▪ John Chalcraft saw this happen and must have wondered a thing or two after 50 years personal involvement.
political
▪ Elections held this spring, for instance, presented a significant shift away from direct party political involvement in the Association.
▪ At home, political involvement was always considered a righteous thing, a civic thing, a good thing.
▪ There was an interesting difference in the political involvement of different generations of Free Presbyterian ministers.
▪ He said he had never had any political involvement, that his shooting must have been a mistake.
▪ A second cost to the Free Church of its political involvement is a drain on leadership resources.
▪ It is salutary to note the political involvement of even this reputedly other-worldly figure.
▪ Most students resisted being drawn beyond protest over specifically student issues to broader political involvement.
▪ Given his initial assumptions and central beliefs, his political involvement has been rational.
possible
▪ The coroner, Peter Brunton, rejected a request to submit a technical report pointing to the possible involvement of a submarine.
▪ A response is awaited from Lothian Health Board regarding their possible involvement in distributing the packs.
▪ We must encourage the widest possible involvement of our membership.
■ NOUN
community
▪ She saw community involvement as crucial.
▪ Active parent and community involvement in education is one of the main recommendations in the report.
▪ At Level One the student will contribute to the planning and arrangement of community involvement.
▪ Make crime prevention a major focus of community involvement.
▪ The four key elements of the Garden City 21 project are described as sustainability, vision, partnership and community involvement.
▪ Both during and after work experience the student is given the opportunity to express his/her feelings and reactions to the community involvement.
▪ That's why the neighbourhood renewal fund will be conditional on genuine joint working and community involvement.
▪ Assessment shows that the rhetoric of community involvement did not stand up to examination in the way that bids were compiled.
employee
▪ As for employee involvement, it is certainly greater than it ever was in the years of nationalization.
▪ I also strongly advocate an interactive process, with extensive employee involvement.
▪ If we can unlock the potential of employee involvement, the benefits are enormous.
▪ Plus, employee involvement was spreading to other departments.
▪ It is an employee involvement program which draws upon the human resources of the organization.
▪ Still, there was no formal employee involvement program at the plant.
▪ On day two, Peter Wickens, director of personnel at Nissan, led a session on employee involvement.
government
▪ This chapter is about the extent of government involvement in the economy.
▪ This decentralization of political power is linked to a political economy that strongly emphasizes private control and limited government involvement.
▪ This tradition of government involvement has continued in many countries after independence.
▪ He tried to stop documents, which revealed Government involvement, coming into the open, it was revealed.
▪ The extent of government involvement in such projects should be judged on individual merit, he said.
▪ They have produced a decline of the market economy and increasing government involvement in industrial life.
■ VERB
accuse
▪ He is accused of involvement in the deaths and disappearance of up to 10,000 people during the war in Kosovo.
continue
▪ We will continue to encourage the involvement of doctors and other medical staff in the management of services.
▪ The Brothers continued their involvement in leprosy work.
▪ Whether by some form of contract or by increasing local capital, firms can continue expanding their economic involvement.
▪ Robinson has continued to have some involvement in the project.
▪ Such risk-avoiding moves did not, however, stop them from continuing to deepen their involvement in the economy by other means.
▪ Accusations continue of security force involvement in covert assassinations.
deny
▪ They are always going to deny any involvement.
▪ A newly discovered memo indicates the first lady ordered the firing, although she has denied any involvement.
▪ All the Kashmiri guerrilla groups denied any involvement in the assassination, and many blamed the government security forces.
▪ These leaders have all denied involvement in any coup attempt.
▪ Mr Francis Keenan, defending, said Mackin denied any involvement in the robbery.
▪ She has denied any active involvement.
▪ During her trial last May she denied all involvement.
▪ But Bonior, the second-ranking House Democrat, denied any direct involvement.
encourage
▪ The major objective of the counsellor, especially the counsellor who actively seeks to combat ageism, is to encourage involvement.
▪ Other studies of programs within individual states confirm that the typical program encourages public involvement.
▪ We will continue to encourage the involvement of doctors and other medical staff in the management of services.
▪ Sensing a valuable communications network, the Kinnock-led Labour Party encouraged musical involvement.
▪ Unions eagerly encourage the further involvement of such women by means of day release or other union courses.
▪ Be positive, honest and optimistic in your comments. 9. Encourage parental involvement in learning. 10.
▪ Organise open days and exhibitions to encourage the involvement of the local community with health matters.
▪ We must encourage the widest possible involvement of our membership.
increase
▪ Marketing is about infinite improvements, by listening and by responding to people you increase involvement, engage commitment and win loyalty.
▪ Three fourths of the states had implemented, or were planning to implement, incentives to increase employer involvement.
▪ Part of Oxford Polytechnic's response to accreditation has been to increase the involvement of external reviewers in the quality control process.
▪ Both channels are also offering on-line Web sites to increase viewer involvement.
▪ Pressure to increase state involvement came from various directions.
▪ It comes as President Bush advances a plan to increase the involvement of religious institutions in solving social problems.
▪ The event was organised to increase driver involvement, improve safe driving standards and promote fleet care.
▪ It aims to look at how the private sector has and can increase its involvement in local and urban regeneration.
require
▪ Rising to the challenge will require the involvement of both the private and public sectors.
▪ It feels light and boisterous and requires more driver involvement than the Aero 8.
suspect
▪ Was it possible that the police suspected his involvement with Saunders and were trying to trick him into an admission of guilt?
▪ If the President ever suspected our involvement in the affair, he never let on.
▪ Serving inmates are also sometimes removed to these centres when they are suspected of involvement in other crimes.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He denied ever having any involvement with her.
▪ There was very little emotional involvement in their marriage.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But criticism of Mrs Roosevelt focused primarily on her involvement in public issues.
▪ Calculative involvement refers to a low intensity of either negative or positive orientation towards the organization.
▪ Employee involvement represents Ford's first step in the long-term renegotiation of the psychological contract between the individual worker and the company.
▪ For me, our passion was a devout involvement of heart, body and mind.
▪ It is often hard to gauge the exact nature of feminist involvement.
▪ There is also a lack of clarity over where the emphasis should be for promoting the involvement of general practitioners.
▪ They ensure that every situation gets resolved quickly and easily, with minimal customer involvement.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Involvement

Involvement \In*volve"ment\, n. The act of involving, or the state of being involved.
--Lew Wallace.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
involvement

1706, from involve + -ment.

Wiktionary
involvement

n. The act of involving, or the state of being involved.

WordNet
involvement
  1. n. the act of sharing in the activities of a group; "the teacher tried to increase his students' engagement in class activities" [syn: engagement, participation, involution] [ant: non-engagement, non-engagement, non-engagement]

  2. a connection of inclusion or containment; "he escaped involvement in the accident"; "there was additional involvement of the liver and spleen"

  3. a sense of concern with and curiosity about someone or something; "an interest in music" [syn: interest]

  4. a usually secretive or illicit sexual relationship [syn: affair, affaire, intimacy, liaison, amour]

  5. the condition of sharing in common with others (as fellows or partners etc.) [syn: participation]

Wikipedia
Involvement

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Usage examples of "involvement".

I stifled a brief longing for the simpler days, when Aiten and I had stood taking our orders with a similar lack of question or personal involvement in our tasks.

I threw in the job now, it was certain that Angers or someone in the traffic department with a direct emotional involvement in the situation would be ordered to solve the problem to the taste of the governmentor rather, of their well-to-do supporters.

We have a communist insurgency in the north with possible Burmese involvement, student demonstrators and rioters in Bangkok, and a military coup breaking out all over the country.

The word is also out that U Feng would never have fallen if Bangkok had taken a stronger line against Burmese involvement in the north.

He also provided the go-betweens to Baumer, avoiding any direct involvement of the SoA.

Not a single murder, but a pattern of organized crime involvement in biotech research.

Holland to Paris, where his commitments to art soon expanded to include equally deep commitments to liberal politics, various involvements with the Carbonari, and strong support for the Greek Revolution.

From the bottle of Clos du Mesnil left behind at the Hyatt, to his involvement in the real-estate trust that owned Sparrow Ridge Vineyards, to the fact that two of the murders had been committed with nine-millimeter guns and according to the state, he owned one.

It certainly carried the kind of historic pedigree that would please a British-Canadian lord, it was widely held with no control blocks that would have demanded premium prices, and it was a well and conservatively managed enterprise, ideal for the Thomson habit of acquiring companies that turned decent profits without requiring day-to-day involvement.

You may admit that you have no knowledge of and had no involvement in the opening of the Guernsey bank account.

The faint touch of Talent indicated something besides ifrit involvement, but what?

Wheatstone, that although I have followed the problems at a general administrative level, my duties as director of Sky City and chief implementor of the space shield program prevent the day-to-day detailed involvement that Hyslop, as my assistant, has been able to enjoy.

For what is interactivity if not the active involvement of the user in the creation of content?

There was no way she would ever be sentenced to three jumps on the Crazy Ships, though she would probably be forced to chance one jump to exile on Sporeworld, just because of her involvement.

Certainly the personal involvement of the Kohen Gadol in what was almost an act of housekeeping .