complication - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

Forum API

- See Also:
- - completely
  - completion
  - completist
  - complex
  - complex sentence
  - complexion
  - compliance
  - compliant
  - complicate
  - complicated
  - complication
  - complicit
  - complicity
  - compliment
  - complimentary
  - compliments slip
  - compline
  - comply
  - compo
  - component
  - compony
- Settings:
- - Click on word:
    gets translation
    does nothing
- - Recent searches:
    - Save history
    - View All
- Links:
- WR Random Word:
- Try out WordReference Random Word! Each page load will return a random word from the dictionary. Or test your knowledge and have each page load with the definition hidden!

complication

in Spanish | in French | in Italian | English synonyms | in context | images

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
complication/kɒmplɪˈkeɪʃn/

▶noun

1 a circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty.
■ a confused or complex state.

2 Medicine a secondary disease or condition aggravating an already existing one.

'complication' also found in these Oxford entries:

Forum discussions with the word(s) "complication" in the title:

a relative complication vs. relative complications
depiction of complication and chance
I'm a ride for you if there's a complication
It was not, of course, in cases of complication possible for their Lordships to be aware of all the authorities, statutory or other, which might be relevant to the issues requiring deci
Phrases to indicate undue concern or complication

Ask in the forums yourself.Visit the English Only Forum.

Look up "complication" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "complication" at dictionary.com

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | German | Russian | Polish | Romanian | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Download free Android and iPhone apps

Android App

iPhone App

Report an inappropriate ad.