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involved

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Etymology

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    From involve + -ed.

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    Adjective

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    involved (comparative more involved, superlative most involved)

    1. Complicated.
      He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.
      • 1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XLIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:
        Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.
      • 2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian‎[1]:
        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, 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.
      • 1980 December 6, Cindy Rizzo, “Jewish, Lesbian, Feminist, Psychologist, Author—All of the above and more”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 20, page 8:
        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.

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    Verb

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    involved

    1. simple past and past participle of involve
      The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.
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