alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
complexify - make complex; "he unnecessarily complexified every problem"
alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
involve - make complex or intricate or complicated; "The situation was rather involved"
develop - elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme; "develop the melody and change the key"
sophisticate - make more complex or refined; "a sophisticated design"
1. something making a situation etc more difficult. Taking the dog with us on holiday will be an added complication. bemoeiliking, moeite تَعْقيد، شَيءٌ مُعَقَّد сложност complicação komplikace die Erschwerung komplikation; indviklethed κτ. που περιπλέκει ή επιβαρύνει μια κατάσταση complicación komplikatsioon پیچیدگی hankaluus complicationסיבוך उलझन zaplet, komplikacija bonyodalom kesulitan atriði/atvik sem eykur vanda eða gerir mál flóknara complicazione 複雑 복잡화 apsunkinimas komplikācija; sarežģījums keadaan yang rumit complicatiekomplikasjon, forviklingkomplikacja مغلق complicação complicaţie сложность komplikácia težava komplikacija komplikation, krångel การทำให้ยาก engel, sorun 使情況變複雜的因素 складність الجھاؤ tình trạng phức tạp 复杂的情况
2. a development (in an illness etc) which makes things worse. bemoeiliking, verswarend تَعْقيدات، صُعوبات усложнение complicação komplikace die Komplikation komplikation επιπλοκήcomplicación tüsistus عارضه؛ اشکال komplikaatio complicationהסתבכות बीमारी में उलझाव zaplet, komplikacija szövődmény komplikasi aukakvilli complicazione 合併症 합병증 komplikacija komplikācija komplikasi complicatiekomplikasjon, forverringpowikłanie ستونزه complicação complicaţie осложнение komplikácia komplikacija komplikacija komplikation โรคแทรกซ้อน komplikasyon, yeni sorun 併發症 ускладнення مشکل حالات پیدا ہونا biến chứng 并发症
Simultaneously, Pakistan looks at issues related to its national interest and takes steps that further complicate the relationship and create tensions between the two states, Panetta said.
The hope is, then, that the combination of two challenges will help refine (and complicate) approaches to the contemporary history of globalization while providing new, less regionally-confined perspectives on childhood.
As new regulations and laws continue to complicate the administration of employee time off, those with expertise in administering employee leaves--especially skilled disability insurers--stand to gain new business by sharing their knowledge with frustrated employers.
He doesn't want elections to be too complicated for election administrators, yet he supports the use of machines that complicate the jobs of the poll workers so much that thousands of voters in California's Orange County were assigned the wrong electronic ballots in the recent election on Super Tuesday.
By creating an office in the White House independent of the State Department and other foreign affairs agencies, it would complicate the formidable problems of managing foreign policy."
