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entangled

entangled adjective: tangled or twisted together. Also the simple past and past participle of entangle.

Adjective

entangled (comparative more entangled, superlative most entangled)

  1. Tangled or twisted together.
  2. (figuratively) Confused or complicated.
  3. (quantum mechanics) Correlated, even though physically separated; (referring to a state of a composite system) not separable.

Also used as

entangled is also the simple past and past participle of entangle.

Forms of entangled

comparativemore entangled
superlativemost entangled

Words formed from entangled

Questions about entangled

What does entangled mean?
Entangled means tangled or twisted together.
What part of speech is entangled?
Entangled is an adjective.

Words near entangled in the dictionary

  1. entangel
  2. entangeling
  3. entangels
  4. entangle
  5. entangleable
  6. entangled
  7. entangledly
  8. entangledness
  9. entanglement
  10. entanglements
  11. entangler

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