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How to pronounce sophisticate in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms doctor, doctor up
Type of debase, stretch, dilute, load, adulterate
Type Words
Synonyms convolute, pervert, twist, twist around
Type of refer, denote
Derivation sophistication
Type Words
Synonyms man of the world
Type of grownup, adult
Has types cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, slicker
Type Words
Type of train, civilise, civilize, cultivate, educate, school
Derivation sophistication


Their manners had sophisticated the young girls.
Type Words
Type of rarify, refine, complicate, elaborate
Derivation sophistication


a sophisticated design.

Examples of sophisticate

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The up-and-down quality of the food at this Woodside sophisticate has stabilized.
From the sfgate.com
Vivienne Benesch presents a controlled sophisticate who isn't easily ruffled.
From the theepochtimes.com
Mandalay was designed to create an upscale buzz for the international sophisticate.
From the timesunion.com
He's meant to be an international sophisticate, not a home counties golf club bore.
From the guardian.co.uk
That's true also of James Bond, originally a witty, but deadly sophisticate.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Critics have labeled him too much Tony Soprano and too little literary sophisticate.
From the latimes.com
With his distinguished appearance, Bill seems typecast as the European sophisticate.
From the thenewstribune.com
I may not be an urban sophisticate, but it is just as uncomplicated as this.
From the iftomm2003.com
Those rules also provide a sophisticate and specialized medical attention.
From the learning.blogs.nytimes.com
More examples
  • A worldly-wise person
  • Make less natural or innocent; "Their manners had sophisticated the young girls"
  • Twist: practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive; "Don't twist my words"
  • Alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive; "Sophisticate rose water with geraniol"
  • Make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"
  • (The Sophisticates) The Aristocrats (also known as The Debonaires or The Sophisticates in some tellings) is an exceptionally transgressive dirty joke that has been told by numerous stand-up comedians since the vaudeville era. ...