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

COMPLICATED definition: 1. involving a lot of different parts, in a way that is difficult to understand: 2. involving a…. Learn more.

If you say that something is complicated, you mean it has so many parts or aspects that it is difficult to understand or deal with. The situation in Lebanon is very complicated. ...a very …

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

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.

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

The word 'complicated' originated from the Latin word 'complicatus', which means 'folded together' or 'entwined'. Over time, it evolved to describe situations or problems that are intricate and …

COMPLICATED meaning: hard to understand, explain, or deal with having many parts or steps

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.