involved

[ in-volvd ]

/ ɪnˈvɒlvd /

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adjective

very intricate or complex: an involved reply.

implicated: involved in crime.

concerned in some affair, especially in a way likely to cause danger or unpleasantness: I didn't call the police because I didn't want to get involved.

committed or engaged, as in a political cause or artistic movement: The civil rights demonstration attracted the involved young people of the area.

Origin of involved

First recorded in 1600–10; involve + -ed²

SYNONYMS FOR involved

1 complicated, knotty, tangled, perplexing.

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1 simple.

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OTHER WORDS FROM involved

in·volv·ed·ly

[in-vol-vid-lee, -volvd-] /ɪnˈvɒl vɪd li, -ˈvɒlvd-/, adverb in·volv·ed·ness, noun non·in·volved, adjective un·in·volved, adjective

Words nearby involved

involution, involutional, involutional melancholia, involutional psychosis, involve, involved, invt., invulnerable, invultuation, inwale, inwall

Definition for involved (2 of 2)

involve

[ in-volv ]

/ ɪnˈvɒlv /

verb (used with object), in·volved, in·volv·ing.

to include as a necessary circumstance, condition, or consequence; imply; entail: This job involves long hours and hard work.

to engage or employ.

to affect, as something within the scope of operation.

to include, contain, or comprehend within itself or its scope.

to bring into an intricate or complicated form or condition.

to bring into difficulties (usually followed by with): a plot to involve one nation in a war with another.

to cause to be troublesomely associated or concerned, as in something embarrassing or unfavorable: Don't involve me in your quarrel!

to combine inextricably (usually followed by with).

to implicate, as in guilt or crime, or in any matter or affair.

to engage the interests or emotions or commitment of: to become involved in the disarmament movement; to become involved with another woman.

to preoccupy or absorb fully (usually used passively or reflexively): You are much too involved with the problem to see it clearly.

to envelop or enfold, as if with a wrapping.

to swallow up, engulf, or overwhelm.

Archaic. to roll, surround, or shroud, as in a wrapping.
to roll up on itself; wind spirally; coil; wreathe.

Origin of involve

1350–1400; Middle English involven < Latin involvere to roll in or up, equivalent to in- in-² + volvere to roll; see revolve

SYNONYMS FOR involve

1 necessitate, require, demand.

6, 7, 9 Involve, entangle, implicate imply getting a person connected or bound up with something from which it is difficult to extricate himself or herself. To involve is to bring more or less deeply into something, especially of a complicated, embarrassing, or troublesome nature: to involve someone in debt. To entangle (usually passive or reflexive) is to involve so deeply in a tangle as to confuse and make helpless: to entangle oneself in a mass of contradictory statements. To implicate is to connect a person with something discreditable or wrong: implicated in a plot.

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ANTONYMS FOR involve

7 extricate.

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OTHER WORDS FROM involve

in·volve·ment, noun in·volv·er, noun in·ter·in·volve, verb (used with object), in·ter·in·volved, in·ter·in·volv·ing. non·in·volve·ment, noun

o·ver·in·volve, verb (used with object), o·ver·in·volved, o·ver·in·volv·ing. pre·in·volve, verb (used with object), pre·in·volved, pre·in·volv·ing. pre·in·volve·ment, noun re·in·volve, verb (used with object), re·in·volved, re·in·volv·ing. re·in·volve·ment, noun

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Morris struggled to straighten his back, which involved stiffening a spine rarely used.

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The people who are involved in the violence, they figure out ways to remain here at all costs and continue causing trouble.

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Indeed, study after study affirms the benefits of involved fatherhood for women and children.

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The unit is used to attack foreign networks, and either it or a sister organization was involved in the Sony hack.

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The agony of her spirit, involved in endless and horrid labyrinths of doubt, is powerfully portrayed.

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Obando involved himself in quarrels with the Mussulman inhabitants of Mindanao, for which he had made no adequate preparation.

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Had they succeeded, the result might have been disastrous to the whole Canadian line and involved others.

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The sin of idolatry--that is, of representing God under a visible figure--is involved in both cases.

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Again, as in her joy her words were few; again as in her joy her whole being was involved.

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British Dictionary definitions for involved (1 of 2)

involved

/ (ɪnˈvɒlvd) /

adjective

complicated; difficult to comprehend an involved literary style

(usually postpositive) concerned or implicated one of the men involved

(postpositive foll by with) euphemistic having sexual relations she was involved with a number of men

British Dictionary definitions for involved (2 of 2)

involve

/ (ɪnˈvɒlv) /

verb (tr)

to include or contain as a necessary part the task involves hard work

to have an effect on; spread to the investigation involved many innocent people

(often passive; usually foll by in or with) to concern or associate significantly many people were involved in the crime

(often passive) to make complicated; tangle the situation was further involved by her disappearance

rare, often poetic to wrap or surround

maths obsolete to raise to a specified power

Derived forms of involve

involvement, noun involver, noun

Word Origin for involve

C14: from Latin involvere to roll in, surround, from in- ² + volvere to roll

Idioms and Phrases with involved

involve

see get involved with.

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verb (used with object), in·volved, in·volv·ing.

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verb (used with object), in·volved, in·volv·ing.

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