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complication noun {f}

  /kɔ̃.pli.ka.sjɔ̃/
  • Assemblage, concours d’éléments, de circonstances ou d’incidents multiples susceptibles de créer des embarras, ou d’augmenter la difficulté ou le danger
 complication, setback

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complication noun

  /ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/ , /ˌkɑm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ , /ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
  • The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
  • (medicine) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
  • (horology) A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
 complication

complex noun

  /kɑmˈplɛks/ , /kəmˈplɛks/ , /ˈkɑmplɛks/ , /ˈkɒm.plɛks/
  • (psychology) A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.
  • (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination complexes in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.
 complexe
  • A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
  • An assemblage of related things; a collection.
 complexe#Noun, complexe

complicated adjective

  /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪtɪd/ , /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/
  • Difficult or convoluted.
 compliqué, alambiqué

complicate verb

  /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪt/ , /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪt/ , /ˈkɒmplɪkət/
  • (transitive) To make complex; to modify so as to make something intricate or difficult.
 compliquer

complicity noun

  • The state of being complicit; involvement as a partner or accomplice, especially in a crime or other wrongdoing.
 complicité
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