complication
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- noun
- /ˌkɒmplɪˈkeɪʃən/
- We both knew, from day one... there would be complications.
- encounter complications
- a financial complication
- consequences of complications
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Watch on YouTubeSomebody, you know, all kinds of complications always ensue.
- Somebody, you know, all kinds of complications always ensue.
- You would rather have troubles and complications than avoid them.
- Like it's just a, it's just a, a complication that I don't want and don't need.
- Like, what are the benefits like to me it just looks like needless admin complications, frustrations.
- Which brings me to Jesse Watters long, storied complications with trying to prove his sexuality.
- Think of it this way, Some couples work because of an absence of complications.
- I think it's worth pondering the difference here between complexity and complication.
- It was just so much, so many more complications.
- So this, I think the complication with the word pretty is that it flattens for me.
- And maybe because of the media, maybe, maybe because of the political complications.
- You know, we had some complications in the beginning of the interview.
- If you change a good model, then that change should be an improvement, not a complication.
- So I think, well, simple answers, it's definitely added a layer of complication because now love is treated like shopping.
- And the two essays that we're reading for next class bring out a complication to the story that I've told today.
- No, I don't know if that's true, but if that is true, then it presents yet another complication.
- And and imagine that kind of complication for everything.
- Love will outsmart any complication and so simple.
Examples
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So I think, well, simple answers, it's definitely added a layer of complication because now love is treated like shopping.
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The new rules introduced a complication that made the project harder to complete.
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There was some complication and this was over more than a year.
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You know, we had some complications in the beginning of the interview.
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Unfortunately, there are several other complications if one is getting involved in this type of work.
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It can create a sense of complication that can make things harder to manage.
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The use of color news film and live color studio cameras posed numerous complications.
Academic text (2017) -
There were complications, but nothing that will affect future births.
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And one of the complications here is that this tear goes right through the inscription.
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Mattox analyzes every death and complication to determine how one could do things better.
Academic text (2017)
Synonyms
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1.2
A situation that causes trouble and needs a solution
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1.0
A situation that causes difficulty, worry, or inconvenience
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2.4
A hard part of a task that needs extra effort or is not easy to understand
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A confusing problem or question that is hard to solve
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An unexpected problem that makes a plan or situation more difficult
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A difficult situation that is hard to deal with
A person or thing that makes a situation more difficult by adding extra steps
Something that makes a task or journey harder
A difficult problem that is hard to solve
A difficult problem with no easy solution
A difficult problem that needs careful handling
Antonyms
How Complicating
Surface Forms
Morphology
complication = complicate (transparent) = complicate + ion
Standard noun formation from the verb 'complicate' meaning a state or result of making something more complex.
Etymology
The word complication comes from Latin parts com- 'together' and plicare 'to fold', so imagine many folds making something tangled and hard to work with. So a complication is something that 'folds into' a plan or situation and makes it more complex, like the related word complex.