1
a
: having a part in something : included in something
unable to identify those who were involved
She was involved in a lawsuit.
b
: actively participating in something
an involved citizen active in local politics
c
: having a romantic or sexual relationship
warned her not to get romantically involved
2
a
: marked by extreme and often needless or excessive complexity
a long and involved story
b
: difficult to deal with because of complexity or disorder
Her husband had been extravagant; and at his death … had left his affairs dreadfully involved.—
Jane Austen
3
: being affected or implicated
… dealing with … the most severely involved patients—R. J. Thomas
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Examples of involved in a Sentence
a long and involved story
The instructions for assembling the toy are very involved.
The process is quite involved.
Those of us who were involved knew exactly what happened.
Students who stay involved get more out of the program.
If you want to make things better, you need to get involved.
They quickly became romantically involved.
No one knew that they were involved.
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Dateline spoke with Sheriff Mike Le Roux of the Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office, who said that while the Jicarilla Apache Nation Police Department in New Mexico is the lead agency on the investigation, his office became involved because the property falls within their jurisdiction.
—Veronica Fulton, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
Yet another person said the poster never should have spoken up and gotten involved in the first place.
—Erin Clack, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
These activities help children feel involved in the trip while giving them a new skill or memory to take home.
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—Judy Koutsky, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
This was when the Assad regime became involved in the captagon trade in earnest.
—Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Involved.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/involved. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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