Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - involved

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. 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... ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ in/with n 2. 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. ADJ: v-link ADJ, usu ADJ in n 3. 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... ADJ: v-link ADJ, oft ADJ in n 4. 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. = complicated, complex ADJ 5. If one person is involved with another, especially someone they are not married to, they are having a sexual or romantic relationship. He became romantically involved with a married woman. ADJ: oft v-link ADJ with n