Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

involved

/ɪnˈvɑlvd/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.10 in modern English

Syllables: in-volved
IPA: /ɪnˈvɑlvd/

15

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

adj

Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)

adj

Having an affair with someone.

verb

simple past and past participle of involve

Example Sentences

"He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895."
"Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues."
"E-commerce has turned even the laying of a floor into a fiendishly involved business."
"The people involved in the project for three years."
"He got/was involved in a bar fight."
"When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved."

Etymology

From involve + -ed.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ɪnˈvɑlvd/
British English: /ɪnˈvɒlvd/

Inflected Forms

more involved (comparative) most involved (superlative)

Derived Forms

involvedly involvedness noninvolved overinvolved ultrainvolved underinvolved uninvolved

Phrases

justice-involved officer-involved officer-involved shooting self-involved

Synonyms

mired byzantine convoluted knotty tangled tortuous labyrinthine

Rhymes With

resolved evolved solved dissolved unresolved unsolved devolved revolved absolved

Questions

How do you pronounce involved?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈvɑlvd/.
What does involved mean?: Complicated.
Where does involved come from?: From involve + -ed.

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