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US
/ˌɪnˈvɑɫvd/
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[ UK /ɪnvˈɒlvd/ ]
[ UK /ɪnvˈɒlvd/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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connected by participation or association or use
the involved muscles
the problems involved
I don't want to get involved
we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved
everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified -
entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire
brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion
the difficulties in which the question is involved
the difficulties in which the question is involved - emotionally involved
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enveloped
the difficulties in which the question is involved
the difficulties in which the question is involved
a castle involved in mist -
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
convoluted reasoning
Oh, what a tangled web we weave
a knotty problem
got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering
the plot was too involved
tortuous negotiations lasting for months
tortuous legal procedures
the Byzantine tax structure
convoluted legal language
Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship
How To Use involved In A Sentence
- I think it's certainly quite a lot of the comedy that I've been involved in is quite extreme, if you like, and the extremity is part of what's funny about it.
- The model nature of Windsor involved imitation, as of the Tudor style, to make a statement with a lot of leisure about it.
- And those involved are pretty small: a few degrees between cooler land and warmer ocean at night, a few tens of degrees between tropics and poles. Eating the Sun: How Plants Power the Planet
- There's a lot of ballyhoo involved in getting a taxi in this country.
- With automobile insurance, for example, an insurance company accepts part of the risk that you will be involved in a car accident. Microeconomics: Price Theory in Practice
- Consider some of the specific encounters Blue has with women Gareth is involved with. Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl: Questions
- Christie was involved in an angry bust-up with reporters and photographers outside the courtroom.
- Homeobox genes encode transcription factors involved in many aspects of developmental processes.
- If there was one thing everyday Americans didn't want to hear, it was self-involved celebrities trashing the president.
- The other key aspect of the restoration involved repointing the exterior masonry, in the facades of limestone, sandstone, and granite.
