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involved

adj
/ɪnˈvɒlvd/UK/ɪnˈvɔlvd//ɪnˈvɑlvd/US

Etymology

From involve + -ed.

  1. derived from *welH-✻ — “to turn; to wind (turn coils)”
  2. derived from involvō — “to roll to or upon something; to roll about; to coil or curl up; to cover; to envelop, wrap up; to overwhelm”
  3. derived from involvere
  4. derived from involver
  5. inherited from involven — “to cloud; to encumber; to envelop, surround; to ponder (something); (reflexive) to concern (oneself) with something”
  6. formed as involved — “involve + -ed”

Definitions

  1. Complicated.

    • He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.
    • Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.
    • E-commerce has turned even the laying of a floor into a fiendishly involved business.

  2. Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime,…

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

    • The people involved in the project for three years.
    • He got/was 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.

    • She has been happily involved 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.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. simple past and past participle of involve

      • The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at involved. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at involved. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at involved

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA