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Meaning of involved in English

  1. Pronunciation

    /ɪnˈvɑlvd/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    involved

    Definitions

    1. entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire

    Examples

    • « the difficulties in which the question is involved »
    • « brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion »

    Synonyms

    • encumbered
  2. 2. emotionally involved

    Synonyms

    • attached
    • committed
  3. 3. highly involved or intricate

    Examples

    • « the Byzantine tax structure »
    • « convoluted legal language »
    • « convoluted reasoning »
    • « intricate needlework »
    • « an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology »
    • « the plot was too involved »
    • « a knotty problem »
    • « got his way by lab »

    Synonyms

    • complex
  4. 4. enveloped

    Examples

    • « a castle involved in mist »
    • « the difficulties in which the question is involved »

    Synonyms

    • enclosed
  5. Qualitative Adjective

    involved

    Definitions

    1. connected by participation or association or use

    Examples

    • « we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved »
    • « the problems involved »
    • « the involved muscles »
    • « I don't want to get involved »
    • « everyone involved in the bribery case ha »

    Synonyms

    • active
    • participating
    • caught up(p)
    • concerned
    • interested
    • embroiled
    • entangled
    • engaged
    • implicated
    • concerned
    • neck-deep
    • up to my neck
    • up to your neck
    • up to her neck
    • up to his neck
    • up to our necks
    • up to their necks

    Antonyms

    • uninvolved

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