complicated

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪtɪd/
• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/

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• Hyphenation: com‧pli‧cat‧ed

Verb

Plain form complicate

Third-person singular complicates

Past tense complicated

Past participle complicated

Present participle complicating

1. The past tense and past participle of complicate.

Adjective

Positive complicated

Comparative more complicated

Superlative most complicated

1. If something is complicated, then it is complex or is hard to understand.

   The instruction manual for how to make the robot was very complicated.

Related words

• complication