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com⋅pli⋅cat⋅ed

  [kom-pli-key-tid]
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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 + -ed 2

Related forms:
com⋅pli⋅cat⋅ed⋅ly, adverb
com⋅pli⋅cat⋅ed⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
2. involved, tangled, knotty.

com⋅pli⋅cate

  [v. kom-pli-keyt; adj. kom-pli-kit] verb, -cat⋅ed, -cat⋅ing, adjective
–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 -ate 1
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com·pli·cate   (kŏm'plĭ-kāt')   
tr. & intr.v.   com·pli·cat·ed, com·pli·cat·ing, com·pli·cates
  1. To make or become complex or perplexing.
  2. To twist or become twisted together.
adj.   (-kĭt)
  1. Complex, intricate, and involved.
  2. 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.]
com·pli·cat·ed   (kŏm'plĭ-kā'tĭd)   
adj.  
  1. Containing intricately combined or involved parts.
  2. 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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Main Entry: com·pli·cat·ed
Function: adjective
of a bone fracture : characterized by injury to nearby parts
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Language Translation for : complicated
Spanish: complicado,
German: kompliziert,
Japanese: 複雑な
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