complication
The act or process of complicatingThe act or process of complicating.
» There was a complication.
Meaning
6 senses(countable, uncountable)The act or process of complicating.
Komplikation
усложне́ниеusložnénije, затрудне́ниеzatrudnénije, осложне́ниеosložnénije
the act or process of complicating
(countable, uncountable)The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
скла́дністьskládnistʹ
(countable, uncountable)A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
(countable, uncountable)A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
Komplikation
осложне́ниеosložnénije
ускла́дненняuskládnennja
(countable, uncountable)A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
Komplikation, Complication
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A twisting or intertwining.
Examples
36 sentencesThere was a complication.
We have a complication here.
Unfortunately, there may be complications.
ruК сожалению, могут быть сложности.
I don't expect any complications.
There have been some complications.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. MorpholoBorrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.
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Forms
plural: complications| Singular | complication |
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regular
Synonyms
9 synonyms- a development that complicates a situation:ramification
- puzzling complexity:complicatednessknottinesstortuousness
Word family
7 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable