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complicated

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Pronunciation

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  • (RP)IPA(key): /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/
  • (US)IPA(key): /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪtɪd/
  • Audio(US):(file)
  • Hyphenation:com‧pli‧cat‧ed

Adjective

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complicated (comparativemorecomplicated,superlativemostcomplicated)

  1. Difficult orconvoluted.
    It seems thiscomplicated situation will not blow over soon.
    • 1837,L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Masked Ball”, inEthel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. [], volume III, London:Henry Colburn, [],→OCLC,page177:
      But there always is in my mind something at once ludicrous and mournful in a crowd congregated for the purpose of amusement. What discontent, what vanity, move thecomplicated wheels of the social machine!
    • 1977,Agatha Christie, chapter 4, inAn Autobiography, part II, London:Collins,→ISBN:
      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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Translations

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difficult or convoluted

Verb

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complicated

  1. simplepast andpastparticiple ofcomplicate
    The process of fixing the car engine wascomplicated by the lack of tools.
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