involved

Academic Word List, sublist 1.

About 104.95 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Complicated.

   He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.

2. adjective 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.

3. adjective Having an affair with someone.
4. verb simple past and past participle of involve

   The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.

Similar words

complex intricate concerned encumbered interested convoluted tortuous labyrinthine entangled attached

Often followed by

in with the a and are is as an

Word family

invariable invariably involve involvedly involvement involves involving