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What is "complicate" in English? Definition and Explanations

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What does complicate mean in English? Meaning of complicate definition and abbreviation with examples.

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What is "complicate" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "complicate": make more complicated

Verb

  • Meaning: make more complicated
  • Example: There was a new development that complicated the matter
  • Synonyms: complicate perplex
  • Hyponyms: complexify embrangle snarl snarl up
  • Hypernyms: alter change modify
  • Antonyms: simplify

    • Meaning of "complicate": make more complex, intricate, or richer

    Verb

  • Meaning: make more complex, intricate, or richer
  • Example: refine a design or pattern
  • Synonyms: complicate elaborate rarify refine
  • Hyponyms: develop involve sophisticate
  • Hypernyms: alter change modify
  • Adjective: (transitive) To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult. Don't complicate yourself in issues that are beyond the scope of your education.(transitive) to expose involvement in a convoluted matter. John has been complicated in the affair by new tapes that surfaced. The DA has made every effort to complicate me in the scandal.

    • Synonyms:

    convolute, perplex, upset, muddle, involve, impede, obscure, bedevil, confound, clog, interweave, handicap, entangle, elaborate, embroil, snafu, snag, twist, fold, combine, derange, multiply, jumble, tangle, disorder, ravel, disarrange, foul up, mix up, screw up, infold, interrelate, add fuel to fire, interfuse, make intricate, make waves, muck up, open can of worms, render unintelligible, snarl up,

    Antonyms:

    enlighten, explain, exclude, untangle, straighten, disentangle, facilitate, clear up, order, clarify, free, untwist, divide, arrange, ease, uncomplicate, make simple,

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    complicate in English: complicate
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