{
    "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
}