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How to pronounce complicate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms elaborate, rarify, refine
Type of modify, alter, change
Has types involve, sophisticate, develop
Derivation complication
Type Words
Synonyms perplex
Type of alter, change, modify
Has types embrangle, snarl, snarl up, complexify
Derivation complication


There was a new development that complicated the matter.

Examples of complicate

complicate
Now they are, but federal compliance issues complicate entry into those markets.
From the democratandchronicle.com
To complicate matters, Macedonian politics is a game of three-dimensional chess.
From the economist.com
To complicate the situation, two high school teammates were going to Washington.
From the kentucky.com
French protectionism and complex shareholdings would complicate matters however.
From the techcrunch.com
Keep things simple, even if everyone around you is trying to complicate matters.
From the suntimes.com
She also struggles with bipolar disorder, which can certainly complicate things.
From the psychcentral.com
I don't really mind, but being female, I'm aware emotions can complicate things.
From the guardian.co.uk
To complicate matters, one guy, chef Josh Capon, will be playing for both sides.
From the abcnews.go.com
It isn't long, though, before two suitors help to fill and complicate her life.
From the dailynews.com
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  • Make more complicated; "There was a new development that complicated the matter"
  • Make more complex, intricate, or richer; "refine a design or pattern"
  • (Complicated (Avril Lavigne song)) "Complicated" is a song by Avril Lavigne and was her debut single, released in 2002 from her debut album, Let Go. It was written by Lavigne and The Matrix (Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, and Graham Edwards), and produced by The Matrix. ...
  • (Complicated (Carolyn Dawn Johnson song)) "Complicated" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music singer Carolyn Dawn Johnson. It is the second single from her 2001 debut album Room with a View. The song was also her second entry on two U.S. ...
  • (Complicated (nivea song)) Complicated is the second album by American singer Nivea, released in the United States on May 3, 2005 (see 2005 in music) on Jive Records. It was primarily produced by her then-husband The-Dream, with additional production from Lil Jon, R. ...
  • (Complicated (Tanya Tucker album)) Complicated is an album by Country recording artist Tanya Tucker. Instead of longtime producer Jerry Crutchfield, Tucker employed Gregg Brown to produce the album. One track hit the Top Ten in the Billboard Top Country Singles charts, the #9 "Little Things. ...
  • (Complicated (The Cliks song)) "Complicated" is the third single from The Cliks' debut studio album, Snakehouse. It was released on iTunes on January 30, 2007.
  • To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult; to expose involvement in a convoluted matter; Intertwined; Complex, complicated
  • (complicated) difficult or convoluted; Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects)