involved

Definition of involved in English English dictionary: Simple past tense and past participle of involve
The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.; Having an affair with someone; Associated with others (in a crime, process, etc.)
When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved.; Complicated
He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.; {s} included; concerned with, entangled; engaged, engrossed; complicated; incriminated, connected with; highly involved or intricate; "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 labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"; If one person is involved with another, especially someone they are not married to, they are having a sexual or romantic relationship. He became romantically involved with a married woman; If a situation or activity is involved, it has a lot of different parts or aspects, often making it difficult to understand, explain, or do. The operations can be quite involved, requiring many procedures. = complicated, complex; The things involved in something such as a job or system are the necessary parts or consequences of it. We believe the time and hard work involved in completing such an assignment are worthwhile; If you are involved in something, you give a lot of time, effort, or attention to it. The family were deeply involved in Jewish culture; associated with others (in a crime etc); emotionally involved entangled or hindered as if e; enveloped; "a castle involved in mist"; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; in mire; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion"; entangled or hindered as if e g in mire; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion"; emotionally involved; enveloped; "a castle involved in mist"; "the difficulties in which the question is involved; connected by participation or association or use; "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 has been identified"; If you are involved in a situation or activity, you are taking part in it or have a strong connection with it. If she were involved in business, she would make a strong chief executive; Same as Involute; in mire; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion" connected by participation or association or use; "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 has been identified" enveloped; "a castle involved in mist"; "the difficulties in which the question is involved
involved in: mixed up in, entangled with, included in
involved in criminal activities: criminal, involved in illegal activities
involved with: emotionally involved
involve: To engage thoroughly; to occupy, employ, or absorb
involve: To complicate or make intricate, as in grammatical structure
involve: To connect with something as a natural or logical consequence or effect; to include necessarily; to imply
involve: To raise to any assigned power; to multiply, as a quantity, into itself a given number of times; as, a quantity involved to the third or fourth power
officer-involved shooting: An incident in which a firearm was discharged during a situation attended by a constable, usually where the officer fired upon a threat or attack upon his person or that of another
involve: to draw into entanglement, literally or figuratively
involve: {f} include; cause to be concerned with, entangle; engage, engross; complicate; incriminate, cause to be connected with
self-involved: Wrapped up in oneself or one's own thoughts
allegedly involved: suspected of taking part, accused of participating
be involved in: be mixed up in, have a part in, have a connection to
deeply involved in: very much mixed up in
get involved: participate, take part in, become interested in, become entangled in
heavily involved in: deeply absorbed in, greatly entangled in, considerably concerned with
involve: require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent"
involve: To roll or fold up; to wind round; to entwine
involve: To envelop, infold, entangle, or embarrass; as, to involve a person in debt or misery
involve: If you involve someone else in something, you get them to take part in it. Noel and I do everything together, he involves me in everything
involve: contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"
involve: engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"
involve: To envelop completely; to surround; to cover; to hide; to involve in darkness or obscurity
involve: Status: involved
involve: To take in; to gather in; to mingle confusedly; to blend or merge
involve: connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"
involve: make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"
involve: If you say that someone involves themselves in something, you mean that they take part in it, often in a way that is unnecessary or unwanted. I seem to have involved myself in something I don't understand
involve: have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes"
involve: engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!
involve: If a situation or activity involves something, that thing is a necessary part or consequence of it. Running a kitchen involves a great deal of discipline and speed Nicky's job as a public relations director involves spending quite a lot of time with other people. = entail
involve: make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved" occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon" wrap; "The tower was involved in mist" contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses" connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business" engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!
involve: wrap; "The tower was involved in mist"
involve: If one thing involves you in another thing, especially something unpleasant or inconvenient, the first thing causes you to do or deal with the second. A late booking may involve you in extra cost
involve: If a situation or activity involves someone, they are taking part in it. If there was a cover-up, it involved people at the very highest levels of government
involve: occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
seriously involved in: greatly a part of -
strongly involved in: greatly a part of -, greatly intermixed
the parties involved: groups that are involved, groups engaged, people connected to an action, every participant
was involved in: was mixed up in