entangled

CEFRC1

/ɛˈntæŋɡəld/

adjective · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Twisted together or involved in a difficult situation.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Confused or complicated.

Examples

  • Animals can get entangled in debris or mistake it for food.

  • A long thread is easily entangled.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable.

  2. Tangled or twisted together.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. simple past and past participle of entangle

More examples

In context

  • They entangled him in a plot.

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