simple past tense and past participle of involve
"The accident involved a collision between two delivery trucks on the rainy highway last night."
In plain English: To be involved means to take part in something or to be connected with an activity.
"The police are involved in a complex investigation."
Usage: Do not use "involved" as a verb to mean "was included" or "participated," because it is technically an adjective; instead, use the correct verb forms "involved" (past) or "has involved" (present perfect). When describing someone's participation in an event, say they were involved rather than stating they 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"
emotionally involved
"She decided to step back from the project because she was too emotionally involved in the outcome of her friend's promotion."
highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious
"the Byzantine tax structure"
"Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"
"convoluted legal language"
"convoluted reasoning"
"the plot was too involved"
"a knotty problem"
"got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"
"Oh, what a tangled web we weave"
"tortuous legal procedures"
"tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
complicated.
"The new software update turned out to be far more involved than we initially thought, requiring hours of manual configuration."
In plain English: Involved means being part of something or having a role in it.
"She was deeply involved in planning the wedding."
Usage: Use involved to describe a situation or process that is complex and difficult to understand. Do not use it simply because many people are participating in an event.
The word involved comes from the verb involve, which entered English as a borrowing from French. It originally meant to entangle or wrap around something before taking on its current sense of being connected to an event.