Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - complicate
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~ v 1 to make a problem or situation more difficult (The situation is complicated by the fact that I've got to work late on Friday. | to complicate matters/things) (Just to complicate things, the car has broken down!) 2 usually passive to make an illness worse (a heart condition complicated by pneumonia)
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(complicates, complicating, complicated) To complicate something means to make it more difficult to understand or deal with. The day’s events, he said, would only complicate the task of the peacekeeping forces... To complicate matters further, everybody’s vitamin requirements vary... VERB: V n, V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adjective Etymology: Latin complicatus, past participle of complicare to fold together, from com- + plicare to fold — more at ply Date: 1638 1. complex, intricate 2. conduplicate II. transitive verb (-cated; -cating) Date: 1672 1. to combine especially in an involved or inextricable manner 2. to make complex or difficult 3. involve; especially to cause to be more complex or severe a virus disease ~d by bacterial infection ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. & intr. 1 (often foll. by with) make or become difficult, confused, or complex. 2 (as complicated adj.) complex; intricate. Derivatives complicatedly adv. complicatedness n. Etymology: L complicare complicat- (as COM-, plicare fold) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. редк. сложный, трудный для понимания 2. редк. осложненный complicate disease —- болезнь с осложениями complicate dislocation —- мед. осложненный вывих 3. редк. спец. сложный 4. редк. бот. сложенный вдоль 5. осложнять, запутывать to complicate matters —- осложнить дела too many rules complicate the game —- если правил слишком много - это только усложняет игру 6. редк. осложняться 7. усложнять, приводить к осложнениям a serious disease complicated by a bacterial infection —- серьезное заболевание, осложненное бактериальной инфекцией ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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