comp
li
cate
Third Person
complicates
Present Participle
complicating
Past Tense
complicated
Past Participle
complicated
1
to make something harder to understand or deal with
transitive
- Introducing a new software halfway through the project might complicate our progress.
- He didn't want to complicate matters by bringing up the past.
- Adding more details can complicate the explanation.
- Recent developments have complicated the resolution of the conflict.
- The simultaneous occurrence of multiple issues was continuously complicating the situation.
Antonyms:
2
to make a medical condition more difficult to understand, manage, or treat
transitive
- The patient's diabetes was complicated by the development of kidney disease.
- Pneumonia can complicate a flu infection.
- The patient's recovery from surgery was complicated by a post-operative infection
- The patient's autoimmune disease was complicated by the presence of multiple organ involvement.
- An underlying heart condition can complicate surgery.