complicated

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English

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "GA" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪtɪd/
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "RP" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/
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  • Hyphenation: com‧pli‧cat‧ed

Adjective

complicated (comparative more complicated, superlative most complicated)

  1. Difficult or convoluted.
    It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
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      Mind you, clothes were clothes in those days. […]  Frills, ruffles, flounces, lace, complicated seams and gores: not only did they sweep the ground and have to be held up in one hand elegantly as you walked along, but they had little capes or coats or feather boas.
  2. (biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects).

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Verb

complicated

  1. simple past and past participle of complicate
    The process of fixing the car engine was complicated by the lack of tools.