included; concerned with, entangled; engaged, engrossed; complicated; incriminated, connected with
include; cause to be concerned with, entangle; engage, engross; complicate; incriminate, cause to be connected with
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Involved Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(imp. & p. p.)
of Involve
of Involve
(a.)
Same as Involute.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutSame as Involute.
involved
\in*volved"\ (?), a. (zo?l.) same as involute.
involved
adj
1. connected by participation or association or use; "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "i don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified" [ant: uninvolved]
2. entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion" [syn: mired]
3. emotionally involved [syn: involved with(p) ]
4. highly involved or intricate; "the byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "oh, what a tangled web we weave"- sir walter scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months" [syn: byzantine, convoluted, intricate, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous]
5. enveloped; "a castle involved in mist"; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"
similar words(1)
involved with
Celain = a. involved in shades; n. a carcase
Py = n. what is involved, a. what
Adjective
1. connected by participation or association or use; "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "I don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified"
(antonym) uninvolved
(similar) active, participating
2. entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion"
(synonym) mired
(similar) encumbered
3. emotionally involved
(synonym) involved with(p)
(similar) attached, committed
4. highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
(synonym) Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous
(similar) complex
5. enveloped; "a castle involved in mist"; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"
(similar) enclosed
Verb
1. connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business"
(synonym) affect, regard
(hypernym) refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on
(hyponym) implicate
(derivation) involvement
2. engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!"
(hypernym) admit, let in, include
(hyponym) embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up, drag, drag in
(derivation) engagement, participation, involvement, involution
3. have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes"
(synonym) imply
(hypernym) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, call for, demand
(hyponym) carry
(derivation) involvement
4. require as useful, just, or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert"; "This intervention does not postulates a patient's consent"
(synonym) necessitate, ask, postulate, need, require, take, call for, demand
(hyponym) claim, take, exact
(verb-group) claim, take, exact
5. contain as a part; "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses"
(hypernym) include
6. wrap; "The tower was involved in mist"
(hypernym) envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose
(derivation) involution, enfolding
7. occupy or engage the interest of; "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon"
(hypernym) absorb, engross, engage, occupy
(derivation) interest, involvement
8. make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"
(hypernym) complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
