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com·pli·cat·ed
 complicated
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- pronunciation:
- kam
plih
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| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
When a thing is complicated, it has many parts that are connected in various ways. It is not simple.
The new machines are complicated because they can do more things than before.The story is complicated because it has many characters, and important things happen to each of them.- antonyms:
- simple
- similar words:
- complex, messy
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| definition 2: |
When something is complicated, it is hard to understand or difficult to solve because it makes you have to think about many different things at the same time.
The problem was complicated and it took a long time to solve it.I didn't understand her complicated explanation.- antonyms:
- simple
- similar words:
- complex, messy, tricky
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| derivations: |
complicatedly (adv.), complicatedness (n.) |
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