involved
/in'vɔlvd/
Definition
- Adjective:
- Complex, intricate, or complicated: Describes something that is difficult to understand because it has many interconnected parts or details.
- Connected by participation or association: Describes a person or thing that is connected to a situation, event, or activity, often as a participant.
- Emotionally committed or engaged: Describes a state of being deeply interested, concerned, or emotionally connected to someone or something.
Usage Examples
- Complex/Intricate:
- The instructions were so involved that I couldn't assemble the furniture.
- He gave an involved explanation for his absence.
- Connected by Participation:
- The police interviewed everyone involved in the incident.
- Please send the report to all involved parties.
- Emotionally Committed:
- She is deeply involved in the charity's work.
- They became emotionally involved very quickly.
Advanced Usage
- "to be/become/get involved in/with": To participate in, be connected to, or become entangled in a situation.
- He doesn't want to get involved in office politics.
- She is involved with several community projects.
- "involved in doing something": Engaged in an activity.
- The company is involved in developing new software.
Variants and Related Words
- Involve (verb): To include or affect someone or something; to make something necessary as a part or result.
- The job involves a lot of travel.
- Involvement (noun): The act or state of being involved.
- Her involvement in the project was crucial to its success.
- Uninvolved (adjective): Not involved; not connected or concerned.
- He remained an uninvolved observer.
Synonyms
- Complex: Complicated, intricate, convoluted.
- Associated: Connected, implicated, participating.
- Engaged: Committed, absorbed, engrossed.
Related Phrases
- "Involved with someone": Having a romantic or close personal relationship with someone.
- He is involved with a colleague from work.
- "Financially involved": Having a monetary stake or connection.
- The bank is financially involved in the construction project.
Related Idioms
- "Up to one's neck involved": Deeply involved in a difficult situation.
- After guaranteeing the loan, he was up to his neck involved when the business failed.
Adjective
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enveloped
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a castle involved in mist
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the difficulties in which the question is involved
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highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
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the Byzantine tax structure
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Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
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convoluted legal language
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convoluted reasoning
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the plot was too involved
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a knotty problem
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got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
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Oh, what a tangled web we weave- Sir Walter Scott
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tortuous legal procedures
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tortuous negotiations lasting for months
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emotionally involved
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entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire
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the difficulties in which the question is involved
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brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion
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connected by participation or association or use
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we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved
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the problems involved
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the involved muscles
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I don't want to get involved
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everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified
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