involved
adjUK /ɪnˈvɒlvd/ · US /ɪnˈvɑlvd/
Etymology From involve + -ed.
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.1915, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XLIII, in Of Human Bondage, New York, N.Y.: George H[enry] Doran Company, →OCLC:
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- E-commerce has turned even the laying of a floor into a fiendishly involved business.2019 November 21, Samanth Subramanian, “How our home delivery habit reshaped the world”, in The Guardian:
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.
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- 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.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: