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# complicated

adjective (complicated; more complicated, most complicated); verb past form of complicate

«complicated» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Complicated means having many parts or steps, so it is hard to understand or do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complicated/#m1)
2. Complicated describes a situation with many problems or feelings mixed up. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complicated/#m2)

### In the lessons

In maths a complicated problem has many steps; break it into small steps. In stories it shows confusing feelings or situations. Phrases: «it's complicated», «a complicated question», «too complicated».

### Examples

- This puzzle is too complicated for me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complicated/#x1)
- The recipe looks complicated, but it isn't. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complicated/#x2)
- Break a complicated problem into smaller steps. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complicated/#x3)
- The rules of the game are complicated. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complicated/#x4)
- «It's complicated,» she said about her family. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complicated/#x5)
- A watch has complicated parts inside. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complicated/#x6)
- Kay made all sorts of figures, the most complicated, for it was an ice-puzzle for the understanding. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complicated/#x7)

### Note

Opposite: simple, easy. Similar: complex, difficult, tricky. Spelling: com-pli-cat-ed.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «complicated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complicated/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«complicated» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/complicated.html) on Mova free.