verb
complicate
KAHM-plih-kayt/ˈkɑːmplɪkeɪt/
To make something more complex or difficult.
The man complicates the toy-car route with a long, winding detour.
Etymology
To fold things together is to intertwine them rather than leave them separate. Complicate moved from that image through “combine in a complex way” to making something harder to understand or deal with.
In context
how to think about contracts because the vast majority of people drastically over complicate them. You need to think about a contract as a rule book. They tell you what to do and when.
More examples
- Extra rules complicate a simple game.
- A canceled flight complicated our travel plans.
- Missing receipts are complicating the tax paperwork.
Forms
complicate · complicates · complicated · complicating
complication noun — Something that makes a situation more difficult.