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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

복잡하게 하다

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bokjaphage hada

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Complicate/ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪt/
verbCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3400 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"새 규정이 신청 과정을 복잡하게 할 것입니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To make something more difficult or complex.

    "The new regulations will complicate the process of applying for permits."
  2. 2

    To involve in a complicated situation.

    "His personal issues began to complicate his work life."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'complicatus', past participle of 'complicare', meaning 'to roll together' or 'fold together' (from 'com-' together + 'plicare' to fold). By the 16th century in English, the meaning shifted from a physical folding together to making a situation or problem intricately intertwined and difficult.

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