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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.
Related forms
com·pli·cat·ed·ly, adverb
com·pli·cat·ed·ness, noun
un·com·pli·cat·ed, adjective
Synonyms
2. involved, tangled, knotty.
2. involved, tangled, knotty.
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Complicated
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
Example Sentences
- But in a slightly more complicated beam, the phase changes with the angle around the beam's axis.
- Two major clinical trials in the past three years have greatly complicated the picture for these and perhaps other folks.
- The ones that went awry, he found, were not too small but too complicated for the limited amount of money spent on them.
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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; < Latin complicātus (past participle of complicāre to fold together), equivalent to com- com- + -plic- (combining form of *plecāre to fold, akin to plectī to plait; see complex) + -ātus -ate1
1615–25; < Latin complicātus (past participle of complicāre to fold together), equivalent to com- com- + -plic- (combining form of *plecāre to fold, akin to plectī to plait; see complex) + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
o·ver·com·pli·cate, verb (used with object), o·ver·com·pli·cat·ed, o·ver·com·pli·cat·ing.
pre·com·pli·cate, verb (used with object), pre·com·pli·cat·ed, pre·com·pli·cat·ing.
re·com·pli·cate, verb (used with object), re·com·pli·cat·ed, re·com·pli·cat·ing.
un·com·pli·cate, verb (used with object), un·com·pli·cat·ed, un·com·pli·cat·ing.
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Word Origin & History
complicated
1640s, "tangled," from pp. adj. of complicate. Fig. meaning "not easy to solve, intricate, confused, difficult to unravel" is from 1650s.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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