different between absorbed vs involved

English

Etymology

absorb +? -ed

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /æb?s??bd/, /æb?z??bd/, /?b?s??bd/, /?b?z??bd/

Adjective

absorbed (comparative more absorbed, superlative most absorbed)

1. Fully occupied with one's thoughts; engrossed. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]
2. Something that has been absorbed, taken in, engulfed, imbibed, or assimilated. [First attested in the mid 18^th century.]

Translations

Verb

absorbed

1. simple past tense and past participle of absorb

Derived terms

• absorbed dose
• self-absorbed

See also

• adsorbed

References

Spanish

Verb

absorbed

1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of absorber.

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lvd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?v?lvd/
• Hyphenation: in?volved

Adjective

involved (comparative more involved, superlative most involved)

1. complicated.

   He related an involved story about every ancestor since 1895.

   • 1915, W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage, ch. 43

     Miss Price told him a long, involved story, which made out that Mrs. Otter, a humdrum and respectable little person, had scabrous intrigues.

2. Associated with others, be a participant or make someone be a participant (in a crime, process, etc.)

   He was involved in the project for three years.

   He got involved in a bar fight.

   When the family wrapped up my father's will, no one tried to make me feel involved.

3. Having an affair with someone.

Derived terms

• involvedly
• involvedness

Translations

Verb

involved

1. simple past tense and past participle of involve

   The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.