complication

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act or process of complicating.
The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
A twisting or intertwining.

/ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/ /ˌkɑm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-complication.wav

complication complications

Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.

complication entanglement intricacy snarl wheel within a wheel

thing complex complexity complicate

decomplication overcomplication uncomplication

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