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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pli•cat•ed /ˈkɑmplɪˌkeɪtɪd/USA pronunciation adj. - made up of connected parts;
complex; intricate: a complicated apparatus that never worked correctly. - difficult to analyze, understand, or explain: a complicated problem.
com•pli•cat•ed•ly, adv. com•pli•cat•ed•ness, n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pli•cat•ed (kom′pli kā′tid),USA pronunciation adj. - composed of elaborately interconnected parts;
complex:complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions. - difficult to analyze, understand, explain, etc.:a complicated problem.
- complicate + -ed2 1640–50
com′pli•cat′ed•ly, adv. com′pli•cat′ed•ness, n. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged involved, tangled, knotty.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: complicated /ˈkɒmplɪˌkeɪtɪd/ adj - made up of intricate parts or aspects that are difficult to understand or analyse
ˈcompliˌcatedly adv WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pli•cate /ˈkɑmplɪˌkeɪt/USA pronunciation v. [~ + object], -cat•ed, -cat•ing. - to make (something) complex, intricate, or difficult:He didn't want to complicate his life with marriage.
See -plic-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024com•pli•cate (v. kom′pli kāt′;adj. kom′pli kit),USA pronunciation v., -cat•ed, -cat•ing, adj. v.t. - to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult:His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction.
adj. - complex;
involved. - Insects[Entomol.]folded longitudinally one or more times, as the wings of certain insects.
- 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
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: complicate vb /ˈkɒmplɪˌkeɪt/- to make or become complex
adj /ˈkɒmplɪkɪt/- folded on itself: a complicate leaf
Etymology: 17th Century: from Latin complicāre to fold together, from plicāre to fold |