be involved

  • 1involved — involved; un·involved; …

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  • 2involved — [adj1] complicated Byzantine*, complex, confusing, convoluted, difficult, elaborate, Gordian*, high tech*, intricate, knotty*, labyrinthine, mazy, muddled, ramified, sophisticated, tangled, tortuous, winding; concept 562 Ant. easy, simple,… …

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  • 3Involved — In*volved , a. (Zo[ o]l.) Same as {Involute}. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 4involved — I (a party to) adjective absorbed, absorbed with, added as a defendant, added as a party, caught up in, contributing, devoted to, engaged, engrossed in, immersed in, implied, intent, intent on, occupied, sued, taken up with II (complex) adjective …

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  • 5involved situation — index imbroglio Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 6involved state — index complication Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 7involved — complicated, 1640s, pp. adjective from INVOLVE (Cf. involve) …

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  • 8involved — intricate, complicated, knotty, *complex Analogous words: confused, muddled (see CONFUSE): perplexing, puzzling, bewildering, mystifying (see PUZZLE): difficult, *hard, arduous Contrasted words: simple, *easy, facile …

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  • 9involved — ► ADJECTIVE 1) connected, typically on an emotional or personal level: 2) difficult to comprehend; complicated …

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  • 10involved — [invälvd′, invôlvd′] adj. 1. not easily understood; intricate; complicated 2. implicated, affected, or committed 3. having a close emotional, and often sexual, relationship with SYN. COMPLEX …

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