complication
Syllables: com·pli·ca·tionUK/ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//ˌkɑm.pləˈkeɪ.ʃən/
complication noun: the act or process of complicating.
Noun
complication (countable and uncountable, plural complications)
- The act or process of complicating.
- The state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; complexity.
- A person who doesn't fit in with the main scheme of things; an interloper.
- A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.
- A feature beyond basic time display in a timepiece.
- Obsessed, he was after a watch that contained the greatest number of complications in the boldest combinations in the smallest space imaginable.2013, Stacy Perman, A Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World's Most Legendary Watch, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 35
- In their final year, each student must make their own watch with a complication—from a tourbillon to a chiming mode to having a date display.2023 May 28, Brian Ng, “Is one of these students the next Breguet?”, in HTSI, London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 43
- A twisting or intertwining.
- the snaky complication in the Caduceus or rod of Hermes.1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica
complication meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
complication in Hindi
- complication, entanglement
- घपला ghaplā
- complication
- जटिलता jaṭiltā
- complication, difficulty
- गुत्थी gutthī
complication in Tamil
- கோளாறு, சிக்கல், சிக்கல் நிலை
complication in Urdu
- گرہ, نزاکت, پیچ, پیچیدگی, الجھن
complication in Bengali
- complication
- ঘাপলা ghapola, প্যারা pêra, জঞ্জাল jonjal
More languagesFewer languages
- complication in Malayalam
- സങ്കീർണ്ണത, സമ്മിശ്രണം, കുഴപ്പം, കൂടിക്കുഴഞ്ഞ അവസ്ഥ
- complication in Kannada
- ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣವಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಜಟಿಲವಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಕ್ಲಿಷ್ಟವಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ, ಕಠಿಣವಾಗಿರುವಿಕೆ
- complication in Tagalog
- kasalimuotan, komplikasyon
- complication in Arabic
- تَعْقِيد taʕqīd, مُضَاعَفَة muḍāʕafa
- complication in Indonesian
- komplikasi
- complication in Vietnamese
- biến chứng
Examples of complication in a sentence
- Because of complications she can't breast feed her baby and so she bottles him.
- I'd prefer to deep copy that in order to avoid complications with updates.
- This is a situation where you either have to deep copy or handle the complication of updates.
Synonyms of complication
Forms of complication
| plural | complications |
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Origin of complication
Borrowed from Middle French complication, from Latin complicatio, complicationem. Morphologically complicate + -ion.
Words formed from complication
Words that rhyme with complication
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about complication
- What does complication mean?
- Complication means the act or process of complicating.
- What is complication in Hindi?
- Complication in Hindi is घपला (ghaplā), जटिलता (jaṭiltā), गुत्थी (gutthī). See Complication meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is complication?
- Complication is a noun.
- How do you pronounce complication?
- Complication is pronounced /ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of complication?
- The plural of complication is complications.
Words near complication in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: complication (page history and authors); गुत्थी (Hindi) (page history and authors); complication (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); complication (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ঘাপলা (Bengali) (page history and authors); complication (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); complication (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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