involved

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvɑlvd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɪnˈvɒlvd/

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• Hyphenation: in‧volved

Adjective

involved (comparative more involved, superlative most involved)

1. Complicated.

   He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.

   • 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, ch. 43

     Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.

2. Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)

   He was involved in the project for three years.

   He got involved in a bar fight.

   When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved.

3. Having an affair with someone.

Derived terms

• involvedly
• involvedness

Translations

complicated — see complicated

associated with others, be or be made a participant

• Afrikaans: betrokke (af)
• Bulgarian: замесен (bg) (zamesen)
• Esperanto: implikita, envolvita, anigita, implikiĝinta, envolviĝinta, aniĝinta
• Estonian: seostuv
• Finnish: asiaan liittyvä (fi)
• German: beteiligt (de), betroffen (de)
• Italian: coinvolto (it)
• Khmer: ខ្វល់ (km) (kvɑl)

• Portuguese: envolvido (pt) m
• Russian: вовлечённый (ru) (vovlečónnyj)
• Spanish: involucrado (es) m
• Swedish: delaktig (sv), involverad (sv)
• Tagalog: sangkot

having an affair with someone

• German: eine Affäre haben

• Portuguese: envolvido (pt) m

Verb

involved

1. simple past tense and past participle of involve

   The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.