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com·pli·cat·ed

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–adjective

1.	composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.

2.	difficult to analyze, understand, explain, etc.: a complicated problem.

[Origin: 1640–50; complicate + -ed²

]

—Related forms

com·pli·cat·ed·ly, adverb

com·pli·cat·ed·ness, noun

—Synonyms 2. involved, tangled, knotty.

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com·pli·cate

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–verb (used with object)

1.	to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.

–adjective

2.	complex; involved.

3.	Entomology. folded longitudinally one or more times, as the wings of certain insects.

[Origin: 1615–25; < L complicātus (ptp. of complicāre to fold together), equiv. to com- com- + -plic- (comb. form of *plecāre to fold, akin to plectī to plait; see complex) + -ātus -ate¹

]

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com·pli·cate Audio Help (kŏm'plĭ-kāt') Pronunciation Key
tr. & intr.v. com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates

To make or become complex or perplexing.
To twist or become twisted together.

adj. (-kĭt)

Complex, intricate, and involved.
Biology Folded longitudinally one or several times, as certain leaves or the wings of some insects.

[Latin complicāre, complicāt-, to fold together : com-, com- + plicāre, to fold; see plek- in Indo-European roots.]

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com·pli·cat·ed Audio Help (kŏm'plĭ-kā'tĭd) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Containing intricately combined or involved parts.
Not easy to understand or analyze. See Synonyms at complex, elaborate.

com'pli·cat'ed·ly adv., com'pli·cat'ed·ness n.

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complicated
adjective
difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"

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ˈcomplicated adjective

(negative uncomplicated) difficult to understand
Example: complicated instructions

Arabic:	مُعَقَّد
Chinese (Simplified):	难懂的
Chinese (Traditional):	難懂的
Czech:	složitý, komplikovaný
Danish:	kompliceret; indviklet
Dutch:	gecompliceerd
Estonian:	keeruline
Finnish:	mutkikas
French:	com- pliqué
German:	kompliziert
Greek:	περίπλοκος
Hungarian:	bonyolult
Icelandic:	flókinn
Indonesian:	sulit dipahami
Italian:	complicato

Japanese:	複雑な
Korean:	복잡한, 알기 어려운
Latvian:	sarežģīts; komplicēts
Lithuanian:	painus, neaiškus
Norwegian:	komplisert, innviklet, floket
Polish:	skomplikowany
Portuguese (Brazil):	complicado
Portuguese (Portugal):	complicado
Romanian:	complicat
Russian:	сложный
Slovak:	komplikovaný
Slovenian:	zapleten
Spanish:	complicado
Swedish:	komplicerad, krånglig
Turkish:	zor, komplike

See also: complicate, complication

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Main Entry: com·pli·cat·ed
Function: adjective
of a bone fracture : characterized by injury to nearby parts

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