involved en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈvɑlvd/ (General-American)
- /ɪnˈvoːvd/ (Multicultural-London-English)
- /ɪnˈvɔlvd/ (British, Southern, Standard)
- /ɪnˈvɒlvd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
Etymology
From involve + -ed.
Meanings
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Complicated.
Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.
1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XLIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC: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.
2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:
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Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved.
He got/was involved in a bar fight.
The people involved in the project for three years.
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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.
1980 December 6, Cindy Rizzo, “Jewish, Lesbian, Feminist, Psychologist, Author—All of the above and more”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 8:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most involved | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more involved | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
officer-involved shooting · involvedly · justice-involved · underinvolved · involvedness · noninvolved · self-involved · officer-involved · ultrainvolved · uninvolved · overinvolved
Translations (33)
it coinvolto (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · eo envolviĝinta (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · de eine Affäre haben (having an affair with someone) · ru вовлечённый (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · it implicato (having an affair with someone) · et seostuv (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · uk приче́тний (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · he מְעֹרָב (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · pt envolvido (having an affair with someone) · sv delaktig (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · pl zaangażowany (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · fi osallinen (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · ru прича́стный (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · eo implikiĝinta (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · eo anigita (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · eo aniĝinta (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · pt envolvido (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · ar مُتَوَرِّط (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · it interessato (having an affair with someone) · eo envolvita (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · af betrokke (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · eo implikita (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · de beteiligt (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · pl zainteresowany (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · sv involverad (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · fi asiaan liittyvä (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · tl sangkot (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · km ខ្វល់ (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · bg замесен (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · pl w związku (having an affair with someone) · de betroffen (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · it associato (associated with others, be or be made a participant) · es involucrado (associated with others, be or be made a participant)