different between involved vs laboured

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

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Verb

involved

1. simple past tense and past participle of involve

   The explanation involved potatoes, squirrels, and race cars.

English

Alternative forms

(mostly U.S.): labored.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?le?.b?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?le?.b?d/

Verb

laboured

1. simple past tense and past participle of labour

Adjective

laboured (comparative more laboured, superlative most laboured)

1. Expressive of strenuous effort.

   At the end of the marathon, her laboured breathing told us she was exhausted.

2. Of writing or speech or similar, stilted or not natural due to too much effort being used in the production.

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