involved
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɑlvd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪnˈvɒlvd/
Audio (US) (file) - Hyphenation: in‧volved
Adjective
involved (comparative more involved, superlative most involved)
- Complicated.
- He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.
- 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, ch. 43
- Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.
- Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
- He was involved in the project for three years.
- He got involved in a bar fight.
- When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved.
- Having an affair with someone.
Derived terms
- involvedly
- involvedness
Translations
complicated — see complicated
associated with others, be or be made a participant
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having an affair with someone
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Verb
involved
- simple past tense and past participle of involve
- The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.