complicated applies to what offers great difficulty in understanding, solving, or explaining.

Difficult to understand (Definition of complicated from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Complicated definition: composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex.. See examples of COMPLICATED used in a sentence.

complicated in American English (ˈkɑmˌplɪˌkeɪtɪd ) adjective made up of parts intricately involved; hard to untangle, solve, understand, analyze, etc.

1. composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus. 2. difficult to analyze, understand, or explain: a complicated problem.

Definition of complicated adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

When things get complicated, they are no longer simple and straightforward. If you are asked a question that would require a long, detailed answer, you might just say, "It's complicated." The …

There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective complicated, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

difficult to analyze, understand, or explain: a complicated problem. complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions. difficult to analyze, understand, explain, etc.: a …

Some common synonyms of complicated are complex, intricate, involved, and knotty. While all these words mean "having confusingly interrelated parts," complicated applies to what offers …