# complicated

Pronunciation: say "KOM-pli-kay-tid" US /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪtɪd/, UK /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/

## Adjective

1. Difficult to follow or deal with because it has many tangled, interconnected parts.
   - Simple: Hard to understand or deal with because it has many connected parts.
   - _The plot of the novel was unnecessarily complicated._
   - _Coordinating volunteers across five time zones turned out to be complicated._
3. Folded lengthwise along the long axis, as the wings of certain insects are when at rest.
   - Simple: Folded along its length, like the wings of some insects.
   - _The lacewing's complicated wings lay tucked along their length while it perched._
   - _Under the lens the young leaf was complicated, its halves meeting at the midrib._

## Verb

2. Past tense and past participle of complicate. — simple past and past participle of complicate
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of complicate. Use this form for something that was made harder in the past.
   - _A sudden change in leadership complicated the merger talks._
   - _The discovery of new documents complicated the historians' account._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/complicated (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).