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Word: Complicate
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
early 17th century (in the sense ‘combine, entangle, intertwine’): from Latin complicat- ‘folded together’, from the verb complicare, from com- ‘together’ + plicare ‘to fold’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt
Dialects: British English
Definition:
make (something) more complicated
Short Definition:make something more complicated
Examples:- increased choice will complicate matters for the consumer
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