complicated

  • 11complicated — com|pli|cat|ed S2 [ˈkɔmplıkeıtıd US ˈka:m ] adj 1.) difficult to understand or deal with, because many parts or details are involved = ↑complex ▪ a complicated voting system ▪ For young children, getting dressed is a complicated business.… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12complicated — adjective 1 difficult to understand or deal with: They had to begin the complicated task of sorting out his legal affairs. | a complicated set of instructions | extremely/highly complicated: a highly complicated situation 2 consisting of many… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 13Complicated — Complicate Com pli*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Complicated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Complicating}.] To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult. [1913 Webster] Nor can… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 14complicated — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem, sound ▪ It all sounds very complicated. ▪ become, get ▪ This is where …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 15complicated — com|pli|cat|ed [ kamplı,keıtəd ] adjective ** 1. ) difficult to do, deal with, or understand, especially because of involving a lot of different processes or aspects: The situation seems to be getting more and more complicated. a complicated… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 16complicated — [[t]kɒ̱mplɪkeɪtɪd[/t]] ♦♦♦ ADJ GRADED If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with. The situation in Lebanon is very complicated. ...a very complicated voting… …

    English dictionary

  • 17complicated */*/ — UK [ˈkɒmplɪˌkeɪtɪd] / US [ˈkɑmplɪˌkeɪtəd] adjective 1) difficult to do, deal with, or understand, especially because of involving a lot of different processes or aspects The situation seems to be getting more and more complicated. a complicated… …

    English dictionary

  • 18complicated — adjective Date: 1656 1. consisting of parts intricately combined < a complicated recipe > 2. difficult to analyze, understand, or explain < a complicated issue > Synonyms: see complex • …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 19complicated — complicatedly, adv. complicatedness, n. /kom pli kay tid/, adj. 1. composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions. 2. difficult to analyze, understand, explain, etc.: a complicated&#8230; …

    Universalium

  • 20complicated — adjective 1) a complicated stereo system Syn: compound, composite, multiplex 2) a long and complicated saga Syn: involved, intricate, complex, convoluted, elaborate, difficult; Brit …

    Synonyms and antonyms dictionary