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Involved

//ɪnˈvɒlvd// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Complicated.

    "He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895."

  2. 2
    Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)

    "The people involved in the project for three years."

  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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    emotionally involved wordnet
  2. 2
    entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire wordnet
  3. 3
    connected by participation or association or use wordnet
  4. 4
    enveloped wordnet
  5. 5
    highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of involve form-of, participle, past

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

Etymology

Etymology 1

From involve + -ed.

Etymology 2

From involve + -ed.

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