"complicated" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪtɪd/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-complicated.ogg [US] Forms: more complicated [comparative], most complicated [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} complicated (comparative more complicated, superlative most complicated)
  1. Difficult or convoluted. Translations (difficult or convoluted): πολύπλοκος (polúplokos) (Ancient Greek), مُعَقِّد (muʕaqqid) (Arabic), معقد (alt: m(u)ʕáqqad) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), عويص (ʕawīṣ) [South-Levantine-Arabic] (Arabic), դժվար (džvar) (Armenian), բարդ (bard) (Armenian), mürəkkəb (Azerbaijani), qəliz (Azerbaijani), склада́ны (skladány) (Belarusian), сло́жен (slóžen) (Bulgarian), объркан (obǎrkan) (Bulgarian), complicat (Catalan), 複雜 (Chinese Mandarin), 复杂 (fùzá) (Chinese Mandarin), komplikovaný (Czech), ingewikkeld (Dutch), gecompliceerd (Dutch), komplika (Esperanto), monimutkainen (Finnish), sekava (Finnish), compliqué (French), alambiqué (French), გართულებული (gartulebuli) (Georgian), აწეწილი (ac̣ec̣ili) (Georgian), არეულ-დარეული (areul-dareuli) (Georgian), ჩახლართული (čaxlartuli) (Georgian), რთული (rtuli) (Georgian), kompliziert (German), umständlich (German), schwierig (German), verzwickt (German), undurchschaubar (German), πολύπλοκος (polýplokos) (Greek), περίπλοκος (períplokos) (Greek), מסובך (mesubakh) (Hebrew), מורכב (murkav) (Hebrew), जटिल (jaṭil) (Hindi), bonyolult (Hungarian), komplikált (Hungarian), casta (Irish), aimpléiseach (Irish), complicato (Italian), intricato (Italian), complesso (Italian), 複雑 (fukuzatsu) (alt: ふくざつ) (Japanese), 복잡하다 (bokjaphada) (Korean), complicātus (Latin), contortus (Latin), involūtus (Latin), сложен (složen) (Macedonian), компликуван (komplikuvan) (Macedonian), സങ്കീർണ്ണമായ (saṅkīṟṇṇamāya) (Malayalam), takawhīwhiwhi (Maori), takawhiwhiwhiwhi (Maori), pōwhiwhi (Maori), pōwhīwhiwhi (Maori), pōwhiwhiwhiwhi (Maori), rīraparapa (Maori), matatini (Maori), manganga (Maori), whīwhiwhi (Maori), pīroiroi (Maori), komplisert (Norwegian), maniġfeald (Old English), پیچیده (pičide) (Persian), skomplikowany (Polish), złożony (Polish), complicado (Portuguese), ਗੁੰਝਲ਼ਦਾਰ (guñjhḷadār) [Gurmukhi] (Punjabi), گنجھࣇدار (gunjhaḷdār) [Shahmukhi] (Punjabi), complicat (Romanian), alambicat (Romanian), сло́жный (slóžnyj) (Russian), запу́танный (zapútannyj) (Russian), сложен [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), složen [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), komplikovaný (Slovak), zapleten (Slovene), complicado (Spanish), komplicerad (Swedish), masalimuot (Tagalog), క్లిష్టమైన (kliṣṭamaina) (Telugu), ซับซ้อน (sáp-sɔ́ɔn) (Thai), складни́й (skladnýj) (Ukrainian), phức tạp (alt: 複雜) (Vietnamese), cymhleth (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-complicated-en-adj-tgaw1Q2q Disambiguation of 'difficult or convoluted': 97 3
  2. (biology) Folded longitudinally (as in the wings of certain insects). Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-complicated-en-adj-1oqasVjw Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: complicated fracture

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒmplɪkeɪtɪd/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈkɑmplɪkeɪtɪd/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-complicated.ogg [US]
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} complicated
  1. simple past and past participle of complicate Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: complicate
    Sense id: en-complicated-en-verb-4bLwKIyM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 30 65

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "word": "simple"
    }
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "complicated fracture"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more complicated",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most complicated",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "complicated (comparative more complicated, superlative most complicated)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "com‧pli‧cat‧ed"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "It seems this complicated situation will not blow over soon."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Difficult or convoluted."
      ],
      "id": "en-complicated-en-adj-tgaw1Q2q",
      "links": [
        [
          "Difficult",
          "difficult"
        ],
        [
          "convoluted",
          "convoluted"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "muʕaqqid",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "مُعَقِّد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "m(u)ʕáqqad",
          "code": "ajp",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "tags": [
            "South-Levantine-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "معقد"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ajp",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕawīṣ",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "tags": [
            "South-Levantine-Arabic"
          ],
          "word": "عويص"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "džvar",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "դժվար"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "bard",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "բարդ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "mürəkkəb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "qəliz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "skladány",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "склада́ны"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "slóžen",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "сло́жен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obǎrkan",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "объркан"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "complicat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "複雜"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fùzá",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "复杂"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "komplikovaný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "ingewikkeld"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "gecompliceerd"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "komplika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "monimutkainen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "sekava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "compliqué"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "alambiqué"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gartulebuli",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "გართულებული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ac̣ec̣ili",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "აწეწილი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "areul-dareuli",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "არეულ-დარეული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "čaxlartuli",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "ჩახლართული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "rtuli",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "რთული"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "kompliziert"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "umständlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "schwierig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "verzwickt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "undurchschaubar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "polýplokos",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "πολύπλοκος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "períplokos",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "περίπλοκος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "polúplokos",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "πολύπλοκος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "mesubakh",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "מסובך"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "murkav",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "מורכב"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "jaṭil",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "जटिल"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "bonyolult"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "komplikált"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "casta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "aimpléiseach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "complicato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "intricato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "complesso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "ふくざつ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fukuzatsu",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "複雑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bokjaphada",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "복잡하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "complicātus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "contortus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "involūtus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "složen",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "сложен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "komplikuvan",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "компликуван"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "saṅkīṟṇṇamāya",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "സങ്കീർണ്ണമായ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "takawhīwhiwhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "takawhiwhiwhiwhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "pōwhiwhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "pōwhīwhiwhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "pōwhiwhiwhiwhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "rīraparapa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "matatini"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "manganga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "whīwhiwhi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "pīroiroi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "komplisert"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "maniġfeald"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "pičide",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "پیچیده"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "skomplikowany"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "złożony"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "complicado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pa",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "guñjhḷadār",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "tags": [
            "Gurmukhi"
          ],
          "word": "ਗੁੰਝਲ਼ਦਾਰ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pnb",
          "lang": "Punjabi",
          "roman": "gunjhaḷdār",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "tags": [
            "Shahmukhi"
          ],
          "word": "گنجھࣇدار"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "complicat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "alambicat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "slóžnyj",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "сло́жный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapútannyj",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "запу́танный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
          ],
          "word": "сложен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "tags": [
            "Roman"
          ],
          "word": "složen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "komplikovaný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "zapleten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "complicado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "komplicerad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "masalimuot"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "kliṣṭamaina",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "క్లిష్టమైన"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "sáp-sɔ́ɔn",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "ซับซ้อน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "skladnýj",
          "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
          "word": "складни́й"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "alt": "複雜",
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      "word": "բարդ"
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      "word": "mürəkkəb"
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      "word": "qəliz"
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      "word": "склада́ны"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "word": "объркан"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "複雜"
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      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "复杂"
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      "word": "alambiqué"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "word": "bonyolult"
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    {
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      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "komplikált"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "casta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "aimpléiseach"
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      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "complicato"
    },
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      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "intricato"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "complesso"
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      "alt": "ふくざつ",
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      "word": "복잡하다"
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      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "contortus"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "involūtus"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "rīraparapa"
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    {
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      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "matatini"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "manganga"
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    {
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      "word": "پیچیده"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "złożony"
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      "word": "complicado"
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      "code": "pa",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "ro",
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      "word": "complicat"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "word": "alambicat"
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      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "сло́жный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "запу́танный"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
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      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "komplikovaný"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "zapleten"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "complicado"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "komplicerad"
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "masalimuot"
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    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "kliṣṭamaina",
      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "క్లిష్టమైన"
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    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sáp-sɔ́ɔn",
      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "ซับซ้อน"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "skladnýj",
      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "складни́й"
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      "alt": "複雜",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "difficult or convoluted",
      "word": "phức tạp"
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      "word": "cymhleth"
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/7/72/En-us-complicated.ogg/En-us-complicated.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/En-us-complicated.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "complicated"
}

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