involved

involved
[[t]ɪnvɒ̱lvd[/t]]
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1) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ in/with n 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...

She became involved with political causes after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster...

The Farmers' Club is an organisation for people involved in agriculture.

2) ADJ-GRADED: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ in n 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.

...women who are so involved in their careers that they have no time for friendship.

3) ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ in n 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...

He cannot reveal how much money is involved in the scheme...

Let's take a look at some of the figures involved.

4) ADJ-GRADED 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 in order to restructure the anatomy.

Syn:
complicated, complex
5) ADJ-GRADED: oft v-link ADJ with n If one person is involved with another, especially someone they are not married to, they are having a sexual or romantic relationship.

During a visit to Kenya in 1928 he became romantically involved with a married woman.


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