complicate

com·pli·cate

C0531100 (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.]

complicate

vb to make or become complex adj 1. (Biology) biology folded on itself: a complicate leaf. 2. a less common word for complicated [C17: from Latin complicāre to fold together, from plicāre to fold]

com•pli•cate

(v. ˈkɒm plɪˌkeɪt; adj. -kɪt)

v. -cat•ed, -cat•ing,
adj. v.t. 1. to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult. adj. 2. complex; involved. 3. folded longitudinally one or more times, as the wings of certain insects. [1615–25; < Latin complicātus, past participle of complicāre to fold together =com- com- + plicāre to fold¹]

complicate

Past participle: complicated
Gerund: complicating

Imperative
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Present
I complicate
you complicate
he/she/it complicates
we complicate
you complicate
they complicate

Preterite
I complicated
you complicated
he/she/it complicated
we complicated
you complicated
they complicated

Present Continuous
I am complicating
you are complicating
he/she/it is complicating
we are complicating
you are complicating
they are complicating

Present Perfect
I have complicated
you have complicated
he/she/it has complicated
we have complicated
you have complicated
they have complicated

Past Continuous
I was complicating
you were complicating
he/she/it was complicating
we were complicating
you were complicating
they were complicating

Past Perfect
I had complicated
you had complicated
he/she/it had complicated
we had complicated
you had complicated
they had complicated

Future
I will complicate
you will complicate
he/she/it will complicate
we will complicate
you will complicate
they will complicate

Future Perfect
I will have complicated
you will have complicated
he/she/it will have complicated
we will have complicated
you will have complicated
they will have complicated

Future Continuous
I will be complicating
you will be complicating
he/she/it will be complicating
we will be complicating
you will be complicating
they will be complicating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been complicating
you have been complicating
he/she/it has been complicating
we have been complicating
you have been complicating
they have been complicating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been complicating
you will have been complicating
he/she/it will have been complicating
we will have been complicating
you will have been complicating
they will have been complicating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been complicating
you had been complicating
he/she/it had been complicating
we had been complicating
you had been complicating
they had been complicating

Conditional
I would complicate
you would complicate
he/she/it would complicate
we would complicate
you would complicate
they would complicate

Past Conditional
I would have complicated
you would have complicated
he/she/it would have complicated
we would have complicated
you would have complicated
they would have complicated

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	complicate - make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"perplexalter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"complexify - make complex; "he unnecessarily complexified every problem"embrangle, snarl up, snarl - make more complicated or confused through entanglementssimplify - make simpler or easier or reduce in complexity or extent; "We had to simplify the instructions"; "this move will simplify our lives"
	2.	complicate - make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"rarify, refine, elaboratealter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"involve - make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"develop - elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme; "develop the melody and change the key"sophisticate - make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"

complicate

verb make difficult, confuse, muddle, embroil, entangle, make intricate, involve Don't complicate matters by getting the union involved.
explain, clarify, facilitate, spell out, clear up, simplify, disentangle, elucidate

complicate

verbTo make complex, intricate, or perplexing:embarrass, entangle, involve, perplex, ravel, snarl, tangle.

Translations

使复杂

complicate

(ˈkomplikeit) verb to make difficult. His illness will complicate matters.使复杂ˈcomplicated adjective (negative uncomplicated) difficult to understand. complicated instructions.难懂的ˌcompliˈcation noun1. something making a situation etc more difficult. Taking the dog with us on holiday will be an added complication.复杂的情况2. a development (in an illness etc) which makes things worse. 并发症

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verb make difficult

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verb to make complex, intricate, or perplexing

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verb make more complicated

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verb make more complex, intricate, or richer

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