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- Dictionaryinvolved/ɪnˈvɒlvd/
adjective
- 1. difficult to understand; complicated: "a long, involved conversation" Similar Opposite
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INVOLVED definition: 1. not simple and therefore difficult to understand: 2. being in a close relationship with…. Learn more.
to include someone or something in an activity: The accident involved two cars and a truck. The operation involves inserting a small tube into the heart. involve verb [T] (MAKE INTERESTED) to make someone interested in taking part in something: A good teacher tries to involve children in activities where they interact with each other.
The meaning of INVOLVED is having a part in something : included in something. How to use involved in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Involved.
1. a. : to engage as a participant. workers involved in building a house. b. : to oblige to take part. right of Congress to involve the nation in war. c. : to occupy (someone, such as oneself) absorbingly. especially : to commit (someone) emotionally. was involved with a married man. 2. a. : to have within or as part of itself : include. b.
[not usually before noun] giving a lot of time or attention to somebody/something. involved (with something/somebody) She was deeply involved with the local hospital. You're too emotionally involved with the situation. You shouldn't allow yourself to become so heavily involved.
to include someone in something, or to make them take part in or feel part of it: I prefer teaching methods that actively involve students in learn ing. She's been involved with animal rights for many years. It would be difficult not to involve the child's father in the arrangements. Fewer examples.
To involve is to bring more or less deeply into something, esp. 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.
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. Synonyms: demand, require, necessitate. to engage or employ. to affect, as something within the scope of operation.
adjective. very intricate or complex: an involved reply. Synonyms: tangled, knotty, complicated. Antonyms: simple. 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.
verb. connect closely and often incriminatingly. synonyms: affect, regard. see more. verb. occupy or engage the interest of. “His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon”
