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Etymology

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Frominvolve +‎-ed.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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involved (comparativemoreinvolved,superlativemostinvolved)

  1. Complicated.
    He related aninvolved story about every ancestor since 1895.
    • 1915,W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XLIII, inOf Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.:George H[enry] Doran Company,→OCLC:
      Miss Price told him a long,involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.
    • 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, inThe Guardian‎[1]:
      E-commerce has turned even the laying of a floor into a fiendishlyinvolved business.
  2. Associated with others, be aparticipant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)
    He wasinvolved in the project for three years.
    He gotinvolved in a bar fight.
    When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feelinvolved.
  3. Having anaffair with someone.
    • 1980 December 6, Cindy Rizzo, “Jewish, Lesbian, Feminist, Psychologist, Author—All of the above and more”, inGay Community News, volume 8, number20, page 8:
      She has been happilyinvolved 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.

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Translations

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complicated—seecomplicated
associated with others, be or be made a participant
having an affair with someone

Verb

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involved

  1. simplepast andpastparticiple ofinvolve
    The explanationinvolved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.
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