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involved

//ɪnˈvɒlvd//

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Note for involved

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Forms

Comparative
more involved
Superlative
most involved

Definitions

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Complicated.

    • He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.
    • E-commerce has turned even the laying of a floor into a fiendishly involved business.
    • Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.
  2. 2.Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)

    • He got/was involved in a bar fight.
    • The people involved in the project for three years.
    • When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved.
  3. 3.Having an affair with someone.

    • She has been happily involved with the same woman for almost three years. During that time, they have grown together, dealt well with their problems and have worked consistently for a loving and trusting relationship.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.simple past and past participle of involve

    • The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.

Frequency

Overall

Common· #1322

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Uncommon
General reading & writing
Common
Academic
Uncommon
Literature
Rare

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Word family

Etymology

From involve + -ed.

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