complexify C2+ Topic:Cause, Change & Process 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. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 verb · to make or become more complex complicateelaborateentangle ↔ Opposites simplifystreamline Word family Derived forms complexification Related forms complexcomplexitycomplexness Etymology AI details A modern formation from complex + -ify, modelled on simplify. Complex derives from Latin complexus ('entwined'), from complecti ('to entwine, embrace'). complexus Latin plectere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Cause, Change & Process Actions & Processes Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # 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 - Cause, Change & Process - Actions & Processes - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown