• Involved

    Pronunciation

    Full definition of involved

    Adjective

    involved

    1. Complicated.He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.
      • 1915, William Somerset Maugham, ,Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.
    2. Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)He was involved in the project for three years.He got involved in a bar fight.When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved.
    3. Having an affair with someone.

    Verb

    involved
    1. involved

      (past of involve)
      The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.
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