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View usage for: (kɒmplɪkeɪt) Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense complicates, present participle complicating, past tense, past participle complicatedverbTo complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with. What complicates the issue is the burden of history. [VERB noun] The day's events, he said, would only complicate the task of the peacekeeping forces. [VERB noun] To complicate matters further, everybody's vitamin requirements vary. [VERB noun] Bad weather continues to complicate efforts to deal with oil spilling from the tanker. [VERB noun] Synonyms: make difficult, confuse, muddle, embroil More Synonyms of complicate complicate in British Englishverb (ˈkɒmplɪˌkeɪt)1. to make or become complex adjective (ˈkɒmplɪkɪt)2. biology folded on itself a complicate leaf 3. a less common word for complicated Word origin C17: from Latin complicāre to fold together, from plicāre to fold complicate in American English (ˈkɑmplɪˌkeɪt; for adj .; ˈkɑmplɪkɪt; ˈkɑmplɪˌkeɪt) verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈcompliˌcated or ˈcompliˌcating1. to make or become intricate, difficult, or involved adjective2. Archaic complicate verb transitive 3. Biology folded lengthwise, as some leaves or insects' wings Word origin < L complicatus, pp. of complicare, to fold together < com-, together + plicare, to fold, weave: see flax Examples of 'complicate' in a sentencecomplicate In other languagescomplicate British English: complicate VERB To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with. What complicates the issue is the burden of history. - American English: complicate
- Brazilian Portuguese: complicar
- Chinese: 使复杂化
- European Spanish: complicar
- French: compliquer
- German: komplizieren
- Italian: complicare
- Japanese: 複雑にする
- Korean: 까다롭게 만들다
- European Portuguese: complicar
- Latin American Spanish: complicar
Chinese translation of 'complicate' vt -
使复(複)杂(雜)化 (shǐ fùzá huà) to complicate matters or things further ... 更加复(複)杂(雜)的是 ... (gèngjiā fùzá de shì ... )
Definition to make or become complex or difficult to deal with Don't complicate matters by getting others involved. Synonyms make difficult muddle make intricate Opposites explain , clarify , facilitate , spell out , clear up , simplify , disentangle , elucidate Additional synonymsDefinition to make unclear His critics accused him of trying to confuse the issue. Synonyms obscure, cloud, complicate, muddle, darken, make more difficult, muddy the waters Definition to involve (oneself or another person) in problems or difficulties Any hostilities could further embroil U.N. troops in the fighting. Synonyms involve, complicate, mix up, implicate, entangle, mire, ensnare, encumber, enmeshDefinition to involve in a complicated series of problems or difficulties Bureaucracy can entangle ventures for months. Synonyms embroil, involve, complicate, mix up, muddle, implicate, bog down, enmesh |