complication en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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- /ˌkɑm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (General-American)
- /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (General-American)
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.
Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The act or process of complicating.
- (countable, uncountable) The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
- (countable, uncountable) A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
- (countable, uncountable) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
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(countable, uncountable) A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
Obsessed, he was after a watch that contained the greatest number of complications in the boldest combinations in the smallest space imaginable.
2013, Stacy Perman, A Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World's Most Legendary Watch, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 35:In their final year, each student must make their own watch with a complication—from a tourbillon to a chiming mode to having a date display.
2023 May 28, Brian Ng, “Is one of these students the next Breguet?”, in HTSI, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43:
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(countable, obsolete, uncountable) A twisting or intertwining.
the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes.
1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| complications | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
decomplication · uncomplication · overcomplication
Holonyms
intrigue · situation · imbroglio
Hypernyms
hindrance · circumstance · difficult situation · bells and whistles · problem
Relateds
complexity · complicate · thing · complex
Synonyms
complication · wheel within a wheel · intricacy · snarl · entanglement
Translations (56)
fr complication (feature beyond basic time display) · ru осложне́ние (act of complicating) · ar مُضَاعَفَة ((medicine)) · de Complication (feature beyond basic time display) · ca complicació (act of complicating) · fi komplikaatio ((medicine)) · mi pīroiroitanga (the state of being complicated) · tl kasalimuotan (the state of being complicated) · nl complicatie ((medicine)) · ia complication ((medicine)) · pl komplikacja ((medicine)) · it complicazione ((medicine)) · ia complication (act of complicating) · ca complicació ((medicine)) · mi kūrakuraku (the state of being complicated) · hu szövődmény ((medicine)) · ar تَعْقِيد (act of complicating) · acw تَعْقِيد (act of complicating) · pl komplikowanie (act of complicating) · vi biến chứng ((medicine)) · fi vaikeuttaminen (act of complicating) · bg усложнение (act of complicating) · hu bonyolítás (act of complicating) · es complicación (act of complicating) · sv svit ((medicine)) · ru усложне́ние (act of complicating) · bg усложнение ((medicine)) · ro complicație ((medicine)) · bg затруднение (act of complicating) · pl powikłanie ((medicine)) · mi pīroiroitanga ((medicine)) · es complicación ((medicine)) · id komplikasi ((medicine)) · mi pōauautanga ((medicine)) · de Komplikation ((medicine)) · pl komplikacja (feature beyond basic time display) · ro complicație (the state of being complicated) · fr complication ((medicine)) · hu komplikáció (feature beyond basic time display) · fi vaikeutus (the state of being complicated) · ru затрудне́ние (act of complicating) · fi mutka (the state of being complicated) · mi powhiwhi (the state of being complicated) · uk скла́дність (the state of being complicated) · ru осложне́ние ((medicine)) · pt complicação ((medicine)) · de Komplikation (act of complicating) · uk ускла́днення ((medicine)) · ro complicație (act of complicating) · pl komplikacja (the state of being complicated) · he סיבוך ((medicine)) · fr complication (act of complicating) · sv komplikation (act of complicating) · sv förveckling (act of complicating) · de Komplikation (feature beyond basic time display) · tl komplikasyon ((medicine))