- pronunciation:
- kam
plih
keIt
- features:
- Word History, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
complicates, complicating, complicated |
| definition: |
When something complicates another thing, it adds something to it that makes it more difficult to do, decide, or understand.
The bad weather complicated our travel plans.The fact that Sara had just made a new friend in the neighborhood complicated her decision to go away to camp for the summer.The fact that the patient was losing so much blood complicated the surgery.- synonyms:
- tangle
- antonyms:
- resolve
- similar words:
- confuse, knot, mix
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Complicate is from a Latin word that means "to fold or weave together."