complexify

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /kəmˈplɛksɪˌfaɪ/ UK /kəmˈpleksɪfaɪ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

verb
to make or become more complex

Each new regulation only served to complexify the tax code.

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Synonyms

1 verb · to make or become more complex complicate elaborate entangle

Opposites

simplifystreamline

Word family

Derived forms complexification

Related forms complex complexity complexness

Etymology

A modern formation from complex + -ify, modelled on simplify. Complex derives from Latin complexus ('entwined'), from complecti ('to entwine, embrace').

complexus Latin plectere Latin

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# complexify

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈplɛksɪˌfaɪ/
**IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpleksɪfaɪ/

## Meanings
1. to make or become more complex

## Examples
- Each new regulation only served to complexify the tax code.

## Synonyms
- complicate
- elaborate
- entangle

## Antonyms
- simplify
- streamline

## Derived Forms
- complexification

## Related Forms
- complex
- complexity
- complexness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: complexus
- Root: plectere

## Etymology
A modern formation from complex + -ify, modelled on simplify. Complex derives from Latin complexus ('entwined'), from complecti ('to entwine, embrace').

## AI Etymology
Complexify is a modern formation from complex + -ify, modelled on simplify. Complex derives from Latin complexus ('entwined'), from complecti ('to entwine, embrace'). The historical trail runs through complexus in Latin and plectere in Latin. Morphologically, complexify is transparent: a modern formation from complex + -ify, modelled on simplify. Used as a verb, complexify now means "make or become more complex", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in derived forms such as complexification and related forms such as complex, complexity, and complexness. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

## Topics
- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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