complication
Americannoun
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the act of complicating.
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a complicated complicated or involved state or condition.
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a complex combination of elements or things.
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something that introduces, usually unexpectedly, some difficulty, problem, change, etc..
Because of the complications involved in traveling during the strike, we decided to postpone our trip.
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Pathology. a concurrent disease, accident, or adverse reaction that aggravates the original disease.
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the act of forming a unified idea or impression from a number of sense data, memories, etc.
noun
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a condition, event, etc, that is complex or confused
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the act or process of complicating
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a situation, event, or condition that complicates or frustrates
her coming was a serious complication
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a disease or disorder arising as a consequence of another disease
Other Word Forms
- complicative adjective
- precomplication noun
- recomplication noun
Etymology
Origin of complication
1605–15; < Late Latin complicātīon- (stem of complicātiō ), equivalent to complicāt ( us ) ( complicate ) + -īon- -ion
Example Sentences
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These complications can trigger nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
From Science Daily
One possible complication, however, could be the record capital-expenditure outlay of U.S.-based AI companies that don’t appear to be generating high returns.
From MarketWatch
An added complication is that the circuits all require different levels of energy management.
From BBC
Arnold died at the age of 51 in 1994, from AIDS-related complications, and left behind a mind-bending body of work that is now housed by ONE Archives at the USC Libraries.
From Los Angeles Times
“Ahem, yes, I suppose . . . but when is now? Is now the morning, or is it noon, or is it late at night? Do you see the complications?”
From Literature
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