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involved adjective [ ɪnˈvɒlvd ]

• difficult to understand; complicated.
• "a long, involved conversation"
Similar: complicated, intricate, complex, elaborate, confused, confusing, bewildering, jumbled, tangled, entangled, convoluted, knotty, mixed up, impenetrable, unfathomable, tortuous, labyrinthine, Byzantine, difficult, hard,
Opposite: straightforward, simple,

involve verb

• have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result.
• "my job involves a lot of travelling"
Similar: require, necessitate, demand, call for, entail, mean, imply, presuppose, presume, assume, appertain to, pertain to, relate to, concern,
Opposite: preclude,
Origin: late Middle English (in the senses ‘enfold’ and ‘entangle’; formerly also as envolve ): from Latin involvere, from in- ‘into’ + volvere ‘to roll’.


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