to convolute
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- verb
- /ˈkɒnvəˌluːt/
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- She also credited the program with helping her sons do Common Core math, which is based on a newly adopted set of standards that involves problem-solving methods that parents and others have criticized as being convoluted.
We don't try to convolute it and include anything.
- We don't try to convolute it and include anything.
Examples
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The artist used vibrant colors to convolute the shapes in her painting, creating a sense of movement.
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Creating spin to further convolute the issue, Clinton remarked: ?
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We don't try to convolute it and include anything.
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And to call the language of the policies convoluted would be kind.
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Like you keep saying, you have to convolute your words around the other person's convoluted words...
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You have been known to convolute or at least over-compartmentalize your facts whenever you write on this subject.
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But the way this series was finally released in English-speaking territories was convoluted as well.
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Many readers find the EPR argument convoluted.
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A bureaucratic rule, convoluted though it may be, will often be mathematically simpler.
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Many have speculated and conjectured on this, giving it a 'cryptological' meaning, and in doing so, have convoluted the account.
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Synonyms
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1.7
To turn something so it becomes a curved or spiral shape
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3.2
To wrap something around another thing in a coil
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5.4
Twist things together so they become joined or tangled
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3.7
To twist things together so they are hard to pull apart
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5.4
To twist things together, often like plants or rope
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3.8
To wind something into loops or move in a spiral
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5.1
To cross things like fingers or strings so they hold together
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6.4
To twist something so it wraps around another thing and gets stuck
To twist or coil together into a spiral shape
To twist something into a tight coil
To wrap something by turning it around another object
To wind or twist inward in a spiral like a snail's shell
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Etymology
Convolute comes from con- 'together' and volvere 'to roll', the same root as revolve. Think of wires or vines that wind and roll together into knots, so to convolute is to 'twist, wind, or coil together' and to make something complicated.