Complicate
11complicate — verb ADVERB ▪ enormously, greatly, seriously, significantly ▪ These events will greatly complicate the situation. ▪ further PHRASES …
12complicate — verb (T) 1 to make a problem or situation more difficult: The situation is complicated by the fact that I ve got to work late on Friday. | to complicate matters/things: Just to complicate things, the car has broken down! 2 (usually passive) to… …
13complicate — verb (t) /ˈkɒmpləkeɪt / (say kompluhkayt) (complicated, complicating) 1. to make complex, intricate, or involved: *To complicate matters though, the old vineyards are fairly mixed so that the Cabernet vineyards have quite a proportion of Malbec… …
14complicate — 01. The system is so [complicated] that no one is able to use it properly. 02. Doctors informed us that my grandmother died of [complications] after undergoing open heart surgery. 03. The political situation in Quebec is quite [complicated] and… …
15complicate — com|pli|cate [ˈkɔmplıkeıt US ˈka:m ] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: , past participle of complicare, from com ( COM ) + plicare to fold ] 1.) to make a problem or situation more difficult ▪ The situation is complicated by the fact that… …
16complicate — com|pli|cate [ kamplı,keıt ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to make something more difficult to deal with or understand: Let s not complicate matters by introducing any more restrictions. 2. ) to make a medical condition more dangerous or difficult to… …
17complicate — verb involvement with Adam could only complicate her life Syn: make (more) difficult, make complicated, mix up, confuse, muddle; informal mess up, screw up, snarl up Ant: simplify …
18complicate — I. adjective Etymology: Latin complicatus, past participle of complicare to fold together, from com + plicare to fold more at ply Date: 1638 1. complex, intricate 2. conduplicate II. transitive verb ( …
19complicate — adj. [L. cum, with; plicare, to fold] Folded longitudinally; folded together or in an irregular manner …
20complicate — v. /kom pli kayt /; adj. /kom pli kit/, v., complicated, complicating, adj. v.t. 1. to make complex, intricate, involved, or difficult: His recovery from the operation was complicated by an allergic reaction. adj. 2. complex; involved. 3. Entomol …
