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complicated

[ kom-pli-key-tid ]
/ ˈkɒm plɪˌkeɪ tɪd /
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adjective

composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
difficult to analyze, understand, explain, etc.: a complicated problem.

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Nearby words

  1. compliance officer,
  2. compliancy,
  3. compliant,
  4. complicacy,
  5. complicate,
  6. complication,
  7. complice,
  8. complicit,
  9. complicity,
  10. complier

Origin of complicated

First recorded in 1640–50; complicate + -ed2
SYNONYMS FOR complicated
2. involved, tangled, knotty.
Related formscom·pli·cat·ed·ly, adverbcom·pli·cat·ed·ness, nounun·com·pli·cat·ed, adjective
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British Dictionary definitions for complicatedness

complicated

/ (ˈkɒmplɪˌkeɪtɪd) /

adjective

made up of intricate parts or aspects that are difficult to understand or analyse
Derived Formscomplicatedly, adverbcomplicatedness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for complicatedness

complicated

adj.

1640s, "tangled," from past participle adjective from complicate. Figurative meaning "not easy to solve, intricate, confused, difficult to unravel" is from 1650s.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper