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{
"term": "involved",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "taking part in something; being part of something or connected with something",
"sensetop": "involved in somethinginvolved with something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Some people tried to stop the fight but I didn't want to **get involved**."
},
{
"text": "It can be helpful to talk about your worries to someone who is not **directly involved**."
},
{
"text": "He became **actively involved** in politics.",
"contextForm": "involved in something"
},
{
"text": "How many vehicles were involved in the crash?"
},
{
"text": "They were involved in a road accident."
},
{
"text": "Several people have been involved with the project from the beginning.",
"contextForm": "involved with something"
},
{
"text": "We'll make our decision and contact the people involved."
},
{
"text": "We need to examine all the costs involved in the project first."
},
{
"text": "The musicians became more involved in the design process."
},
{
"text": "She first became involved with the organization in 2018."
},
{
"text": "Fraud and ethics are subjects of great concern to everyone involved in business."
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["closely", "deeply", "heavily"],
"preposition": ["in", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "giving a lot of time or attention to somebody/something",
"sensetop": "involved (with something/somebody)involved in something/somebody",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was **deeply involved** with the local hospital.",
"contextForm": "involved (with something/somebody)"
},
{
"text": "You're too emotionally involved with the situation."
},
{
"text": "You shouldn't allow yourself to become so **heavily involved**."
},
{
"text": "He's a very involved father *(= he spends a lot of time with his children)*."
},
{
"text": "I was so involved in my book I didn't hear you knock.",
"contextForm": "involved in something/somebody"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "having a close personal relationship with somebody",
"sensetop": "involved with somebody",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They're not **romantically involved**."
},
{
"text": "She became **personally involved **with her boss.",
"contextForm": "involved with somebody"
}
],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "get"],
"adverb": ["deeply", "heavily", "very"],
"preposition": ["with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "complicated and difficult to understand",
"examples": [
{
"text": "an involved plot"
},
{
"text": "It all seems extremely involved and complicated."
},
{
"text": "Avoid long, involved debates which could be just delaying tactics."
},
{
"text": "It's an involved process with hours of testing."
},
{
"text": "Just how does this rather involved system work?"
}
],
"synonyms": "complex",
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvɒlvd/",
"audio": "in/involved/involved__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪnˈvɑːlvd/",
"audio": "in/involved/involved__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": null
}