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involved definition
involved |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb involve 4 of 8 senses of involve Sense 1 involve, affect, regard => implicate Sense 2 involve => embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up drag, drag in => entangle, mire Sense 3 imply, involve => carry Sense 4 necessitate, ask need require, take involve, call for demand => claim, take exact => govern => draw => cost => cry out for cry for => imply, involve Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb involve 4 of 8 senses of involve Sense 1 involve, affect, regard => implicate Sense 2 involve => embroil, tangle, sweep, sweep up drag, drag in => entangle, mire Sense 3 imply, involve => carry Sense 4 necessitate, ask need require, take involve, call for demand => claim, take exact => govern => draw => cost => cry out for cry for => imply, involve => carry Entailment of verb involve Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb involve 8 senses of involve Sense 1 involve, affect, regard => refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on Sense 2 involve => admit let in include Sense 3 imply, involve => necessitate, ask need require, take involve, call for demand Sense 4 necessitate, ask need require, take involve, call for demand Sense 5 involve => include Sense 6 involve => envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose Sense 7 involve => absorb, engross, engage, occupy Sense 8 involve => complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate Familiarity of verb involve involve used as a verb is common (polysemy count = 8) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb involve Sense 1 involve, affect, regard => refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to bear on touch, touch on -------------- Sense 2 involve => admit let in include -------------- Sense 3 imply, involve => necessitate, ask need require, take involve, call for demand -------------- Sense 4 necessitate, ask need require, take involve, call for demand -------------- Sense 5 involve => include -------------- Sense 6 involve => envelop, enfold, enwrap, wrap, enclose -------------- Sense 7 involve => absorb, engross, engage, occupy -------------- Sense 8 involve => complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate -------------- Overview of verb involve The verb involve has 8 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (56) involve, affect, regard -- (connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business") 2. (23) involve -- (engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!") 3. (21) imply, involve -- (have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes") 4. (15) necessitate, ask need require, take involve, call for demand -- (require as useful, just or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert") 5. (7) involve -- (contain as a part "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses") 6. involve -- (wrap; "The tower was involved in mist") 7. involve -- (occupy or engage the interest of "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon") 8. involve -- (make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved") Overview of adj involved The adj involved has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (32) involved -- (connected by participation or association or use "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "I don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified") 2. (3) involved, mired -- (entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion") 3. (1) involved, involved with -- (emotionally involved) 4. Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous -- (highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months") 5. involved -- (enveloped; "a castle involved in mist"; "the difficulties in which the question is involved") Antonyms of adj involved 5 senses of involved Sense 1 involved (vs. uninvolved) uninvolved (vs. involved) => unconcerned Sense 2 involved, mired INDIRECT (VIA encumbered) -> unencumbered Sense 3 involved, involved with(prenominal) INDIRECT (VIA attached) -> unattached, uncommitted Sense 4 Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous INDIRECT (VIA complex) -> simple Sense 5 involved INDIRECT (VIA enclosed) -> unenclosed Similarity of adj involved 5 senses of involved Sense 1 involved (vs. uninvolved) => active, participating => caught up(prenominal) => concerned, interested => embroiled, entangled => engaged => concerned, implicated Sense 2 involved, mired => encumbered (vs. unencumbered) Sense 3 involved, involved with(prenominal) => attached (vs. unattached), committed Sense 4 Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous => complex (vs. simple) Sense 5 involved => enclosed (vs. unenclosed) Attributes of adj involved Familiarity of adj involved involved used as an adjective is common (polysemy count = 5) Grep of adj involved involved involved with self-involved uninvolved Overview of verb involve The verb involve has 8 senses (first 5 from tagged texts) 1. (56) involve, affect, regard -- (connect closely and often incriminatingly; "This new ruling affects your business") 2. (23) involve -- (engage as a participant; "Don't involve me in your family affairs!") 3. (21) imply, involve -- (have as a necessary feature or consequence; entail; "This decision involves many changes") 4. (15) necessitate, ask need require, take involve, call for demand -- (require as useful, just or proper; "It takes nerve to do what she did"; "success usually requires hard work"; "This job asks a lot of patience and skill"; "This position demands a lot of personal sacrifice"; "This dinner calls for a spectacular dessert") 5. (7) involve -- (contain as a part "Dinner at Joe's always involves at least six courses") 6. involve -- (wrap; "The tower was involved in mist") 7. involve -- (occupy or engage the interest of "His story completely involved me during the entire afternoon") 8. involve -- (make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved") Overview of adj involved The adj involved has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts) 1. (32) involved -- (connected by participation or association or use "we accomplished nothing, simply because of the large number of people involved"; "the problems involved"; "the involved muscles"; "I don't want to get involved"; "everyone involved in the bribery case has been identified") 2. (3) involved, mired -- (entangled or hindered as if e.g. in mire; "the difficulties in which the question is involved"; "brilliant leadership mired in details and confusion") 3. (1) involved, involved with -- (emotionally involved) 4. Byzantine, convoluted, intricate, involved, knotty, labyrinthine, tangled, tortuous -- (highly involved or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "intricate needlework"; "an intricate labyrinth of refined phraseology"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months") 5. involved -- (enveloped; "a castle involved in mist"; "the difficulties in which the question is involved")
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