We have a complication here.
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Complication
//ˌkɒm.plɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "complication" (222 found)
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Closest matches (45)
Strong matches (66)
defectdeficiency diseasedeformitydegenerative diseasedenouementdesigndevelopmentdevicedifficultnessdifficultydilemmadisabilitydiseasedisorderdistemperdrawbackembarrassing positionembarrassmentendemicendemic disease
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endocrine diseaseentanglementepidemic diseaseepisodeesotericafablefalling actionfine how-do-you-dofine kettle of fishfunctional diseasefungus diseasegastrointestinal diseasegenetic diseasegimmickhairinesshandicaphardnesshell to payhereditary diseasehobblehot waterhow-do-you-dohurdleiatrogenic diseaseillnessimbroglioincidentindispositioninfectious diseaseinfirmityintricacyintricatenessinvolutioninvolvementjamkinkknotknottinesslaboriousnesslinelocal colormaladymalaise
Noun(3 words)
Related words (111)
mattermessmixmoodmorassmorbiditymorbusmotifmovementmuscular diseasemythosneurological diseasenutritional diseaseobstacleobstructionoccupational diseaseonerousnessoppressivenessorganic diseasepandemic disease
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parlous straitspasspathological conditionpathologyperipeteiaperplexitypicklepinchpipplanplant diseaseplightplotpredicamentpretty passpretty picklepretty predicamentproblemprofoundnessprofundityprotozoan diseasepsychosomatic diseasequagmirequicksandramificationrecognitionreconditenessrespiratory diseaserigorrigorousnessrising actionrockinessruggednessschemescrapesecondary diseasesecondary plotseedinesssickishnesssicknesssignsignsslantsloughsnagspotsqueezestewsticky wicketstorystraitstraitsstrenuousnessstructuresubjectsubplotsubtletyswampswitchsymptomsymptomatologysymptomologysymptomssyndrometangletanglementtechnicalitythe pipthematic developmentthemetight spottight squeezetightropetoilsomenesstonetopictoughnesstrialtricky spottroublesomenesstwistunholy messurogenital diseasevirus diseasewasting diseasewebworm disease
Noun(4 words)
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1 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescoordinate
2 entriesderived
3 entrieshas context
1 entriesholonym
3 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
9 entriesTranslations
49 translations across 21 languages.
Arabic
3 entries- تَعْقِيد noun (act of complicating)
- تَعْقِيد noun (act of complicating)
- مُضَاعَفَة noun ((medicine))
Bulgarian
3 entries- затруднение noun (act of complicating)
- усложнение noun (act of complicating)
- усложнение noun ((medicine))
Catalan
2 entries- complicació noun (act of complicating)
- complicació noun ((medicine))
Dutch
1 entries- complicatie noun ((medicine))
French
3 entries- complication noun (act of complicating)
- complication noun ((medicine))
- complication noun (feature beyond basic time display)
German
4 entries- Complication noun (feature beyond basic time display)
- Komplikation noun (act of complicating)
- Komplikation noun ((medicine))
- Komplikation noun (feature beyond basic time display)
Hebrew
1 entries- סיבוך noun ((medicine))
Hungarian
2 entries- bonyolítás noun (act of complicating)
- szövődmény noun ((medicine))
Indonesian
1 entries- komplikasi noun ((medicine))
Interlingua
2 entries- complication noun (act of complicating)
- complication noun ((medicine))
Italian
1 entries- complicazione noun ((medicine))
Māori
4 entries- kūrakuraku noun (the state of being complicated)
- powhiwhi noun (the state of being complicated)
- pīroiroitanga noun (the state of being complicated)
- pīroiroitanga noun ((medicine))
Polish
4 entries- komplikacja noun (the state of being complicated)
- komplikacja noun ((medicine))
- komplikacja noun (feature beyond basic time display)
- powikłanie noun ((medicine))
Portuguese
1 entries- complicação noun ((medicine))
Romanian
3 entries- complicație noun (act of complicating)
- complicație noun (the state of being complicated)
- complicație noun ((medicine))
Russian
4 entries- затрудне́ние noun (act of complicating)
- осложне́ние noun (act of complicating)
- осложне́ние noun ((medicine))
- усложне́ние noun (act of complicating)
Spanish
2 entries- complicación noun (act of complicating)
- complicación noun ((medicine))
Swedish
3 entries- förveckling noun (act of complicating)
- komplikation noun (act of complicating)
- svit noun ((medicine))
Tagalog
2 entries- kasalimuotan noun (the state of being complicated)
- komplikasyon noun ((medicine))
Ukrainian
1 entries- скла́дність noun (the state of being complicated)
Vietnamese
1 entries- biến chứng noun ((medicine))
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
As science advances as some describe it, into itself, - by creating technology which is then subsequently of a higher complexity than the ideas it is to help explain - complications often can arise, such as a need for higher education for those who utilise it. This may not be a negative complication in itself, but gives rise to another problem: that this causes education about the subject's fundamentals to be sacrificed for the training in the utilisation of ever changing technology.
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There's been a complication.
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There was a complication.
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