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