What does complicated mean?
Definitions for complicated
ˈkɒm plɪˌkeɪ tɪdcom·pli·cat·ed
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Princeton's WordNet
complicatedadjective
difficult to analyze or understand
"a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"
Wiktionary
complicatedadjective
difficult or convoluted
It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon.
complicatedadjective
(Biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects)
Wikipedia
Complicated
Complicated is the debut single by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, it was released on 14 May 2002 as the lead single from her debut album, Let Go. It was written by Lavigne and The Matrix (Scott Spock, Lauren Christy, and Graham Edwards), and produced by The Matrix. The single reached number one in Australia (for six weeks), New Zealand and Mexico (for nine weeks), number two on the Billboard Hot 100, behind Nelly's "Hot in Herre" and "Dilemma" featuring Kelly Rowland and number three in the United Kingdom. Based on its chart performance, the song is Lavigne's second most successful single (only behind her 2007 single "Girlfriend") and was one of the most successful releases of 2002 with sales of over 3 million copies sold worldwide. Lavigne broke a record set by Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" when "Complicated" held the number one spot on the Adult Top 40 chart for 16 weeks in a row. "Complicated" was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. The song was released when Lavigne was only 17 years old.
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complicated
Complicated is an adjective that refers to something that consists of many interconnected parts and is therefore difficult to understand, analyze, or solve due to its complexity. It can refer to situations, problems, relationships, systems, or processes.
Webster Dictionary
Complicated
of Complicate
Wikidata
Complicated
"Complicated" is the debut single by Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne, released in 2002 from her debut album, Let Go. It was written by Lavigne and The Matrix, and produced by The Matrix. The single reached number one in Australia, New Zealand and Mexico, number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and number three in the United Kingdom. Based on its chart performance, the song is Lavigne's second most successful single and was one of the most successful releases of 2002. Lavigne broke a record set by Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn" when "Complicated" held the number one spot on the Adult Top 40 chart for 16 weeks in a row. "Complicated" was nominated for two Grammy Awards for Song of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'complicated' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3545
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'complicated' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2354
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'complicated' in Adjectives Frequency: #459
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of complicated in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of complicated in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of complicated in a Sentence
A lot of companies don't have a good sense of what their true spend it, where they're spending money and how much they're spending with each vendor, to put that together is really complicated. It's one of the challenges real estate advisors have.
It can still be done, but it will be far more complicated than it would have been early on, there are still areas in Syria to create safe zone for these refugees.
So I was denied access into the clubhouses. That's fine. Put my shoes on here in the parking lot, i asked two questions only, that was it. Where was the first tee, and what was the course record? Not complicated.
I think there’s probably a lot of complicated factors in terms of how to actually put [sun protection] into practice in a very hot environment.
White House spokesman Eric Schultz:
It is complicated. That's why it's taken some time for our policy folks, our lawyers, and our expects to work through this and see what's possible.
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- معقدArabic
- объркан, сложенBulgarian
- complicatCatalan, Valencian
- komplikovanýCzech
- kompliziertGerman
- πολύπλοκοςGreek
- komplikaEsperanto
- complicadoSpanish
- پیچیدهPersian
- monimutkainen, sekavaFinnish
- compliqué, alambiquéFrench
- castaIrish
- מורכב, מסובכת, מסובךHebrew
- դժվար, բարդArmenian
- rumitIndonesian
- 複雑Japanese
- ჩახლართული, არეულ-დარეული, გართულებული, აწეწილიGeorgian
- 복잡하다, 하다, 複雜Korean
- ingewikkeld, gecompliceerdDutch
- komplisertNorwegian
- skomplikowanyPolish
- complicadoPortuguese
- complicat, alambicatRomanian
- сложный, запутанныйRussian
- kompliceradSwedish
- క్లిష్టమైనTelugu
- karmaşıkTurkish
- phức tạp, 複雜Vietnamese
- 複雜Chinese
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