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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024so•phis•ti•cat•ed /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/USA pronunciation adj. - worldly-wise; showing knowledge of the world:sophisticated travelers.
- appealing to cultured tastes:sophisticated music.
- complex;
intricate:a sophisticated electronic control system. so•phis•ti•ca•tionc /səˌfɪstɪˈkeɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]The sophistication of the child's drawing amazed everyone.See -soph-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024so•phis•ti•cat•ed (sə fis′ti kā′tid),USA pronunciation adj. - (of a person, ideas, tastes, manners, etc.) altered by education, experience, etc., so as to be worldly-wise;
not naive:a sophisticated young socialite; the sophisticated eye of a journalist. - pleasing or satisfactory to the tastes of sophisticates:sophisticated music.
- deceptive;
misleading. - complex or intricate, as a system, process, piece of machinery, or the like:a sophisticated electronic control system.
- of, for, or reflecting educated taste, knowledgeable use, etc.:Many Americans are drinking more sophisticated wines now.
Also, sophisticate. - Medieval Latin sophisticāt(us) sophisticate + -ed2
- 1595–1605
so•phis′ti•cat′ed•ly, adv. - 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged worldly, cosmopolitan, experienced, cultivated.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged naive.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sophisticated /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪtɪd/ adj - having refined or cultured tastes and habits
- appealing to sophisticates: a sophisticated restaurant
- unduly refined or cultured
- pretentiously or superficially wise
- (of machines, methods, etc) complex and refined
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024so•phis•ti•cate /səˈfɪstɪkɪt, -ˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a sophisticated person.
See -soph-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024so•phis•ti•cate (n., adj. sə fis′ti kit, -kāt′;v. sə fis′ti kāt′),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing. n. - a sophisticated person.
adj. - sophisticated.
v.t. - to make less natural, simple, or ingenuous;
make worldly-wise. - to alter;
pervert:to sophisticate a meaning beyondrecognition. v.i. - to use sophistry;
quibble.
- Medieval Latin sophisticātus (past participle of sophisticāre to tamper with, disguise, trick with words), equivalent. to Latin sophistic(us) (see sophistic) + -ātus -ate1
- Middle English (adjective, adjectival and verb, verbal) 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: sophisticate vb /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪt/- (transitive) to make (someone) less natural or innocent, as by education
- to pervert or corrupt (an argument, etc) by sophistry
- (transitive) to make more complex or refined
- rare to falsify (a text, etc) by alterations
n /səˈfɪstɪˌkeɪt; -kɪt/- a sophisticated person
Etymology: 14th Century: from Medieval Latin sophisticāre, from Latin sophisticus sophisticsoˌphistiˈcation n soˈphistiˌcator n |