complication
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the act or process of complicating
Types & categories
- interference hypernym
Related & opposite
- rarify derivation
- complicate derivation
Sense 2 noun
a situation or condition that is complex or confused
her coming was a serious complication
Types & categories
- situation hypernym
Related & opposite
- complicate derivation
Sense 3 noun
any disease or disorder that occurs during the course of (or because of) another disease
bed sores are a common complication in cases of paralysis
Types & categories
- disease hypernym
Related & opposite
- complicate derivation
Sense 4 noun
a development that complicates a situation
the court's decision had many unforeseen ramifications
Types & categories
- development hypernym
Related & opposite
- ramify derivation
- complicate derivation
Sense 5 noun
puzzling complexity
Types & categories
- complexity hypernym
Related & opposite
- rarify derivation
- knotty derivation
- tortuous derivation
- tortuous derivation
- complicated derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | rarify |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | complicate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | interference |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | complicate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | situation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | complicate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disease |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | ramify |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | complicate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | development |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | rarify |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | knotty |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tortuous |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | tortuous |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | complicated |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | complexity |