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complexify

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/kəmˈplɛksɪfaɪ/ · com-plex-i-fy

To make something more complex, complicated, or intricate; to add layers of difficulty or nuance to a concept, situation, or system.

Meanings

verbformal

To make something more complex, complicated, or intricate; to add layers of difficulty or nuance to a concept, situation, or system.

کسی چیز کو زیادہ پیچیدہ، مشکل یا الجھا ہوا بنانا؛ کسی تصور، صورتِ حال یا نظام میں مزید دشواری یا تہہ داری شامل کرنا۔

پیچیدہ بنانا

pechida banana

Formal: تعقید پیدا کرناColloquial: الجھا دینا

Synonyms

complicateentangleobfuscateconfoundelaborateconvoluteالجھانامشکل بناناپیچیدہ کرناتعقید پیدا کرناگنجلک کرنا

Antonyms

simplifyclarifystreamlineuntangleelucidateسادہ بناناواضح کرناآسان کرناسلجھاناصاف کرنا

Common Collocations

  • complexify the issue
  • complexify a narrative
  • complexify the model
  • complexify matters
  • complexify the debate
  • unnecessarily complexify
  • complexify a situation
  • complexify one's argument

Example Sentences

The new regulations seem to complexify an already difficult tax filing process.

نئے ضوابط پہلے سے مشکل ٹیکس جمع کرانے کے عمل کو مزید پیچیدہ بنا دیتے ہیں۔

Naye zawabit pehle se mushkil tax jama karane ke amal ko mazeed pechida bana dete hain.

Rather than resolve the dispute, his intervention only served to complexify things further.

تنازع کو حل کرنے کے بجائے، اس کی مداخلت نے معاملات کو مزید الجھا دیا۔

Tanaza ko hal karne ke bajaye, us ki mudakhalat ne mamoolat ko mazeed uljha diya.

Philosophers often complexify simple moral questions to reveal their deeper implications.

فلسفی اکثر سادہ اخلاقی سوالات کو پیچیدہ بنا دیتے ہیں تاکہ ان کے گہرے مفہوم کو آشکار کریں۔

Falsafi aksar saada akhlaaqi sawaalaat ko pechida bana dete hain taake un ke gahre mafhoom ko aashkaar karein.

Adding too many features can complexify the software and reduce its usability.

بہت زیادہ خصوصیات شامل کرنا سافٹ ویئر کو پیچیدہ بنا سکتا ہے اور اس کی افادیت کم کر سکتا ہے۔

Bohat zyada khususiyaat shamil karna software ko pechida bana sakta hai aur us ki ifadiyat kam kar sakta hai.

Easily Confused With

complicate:'Complicate' is a widely accepted and commonly used word meaning to make something difficult, whereas 'complexify' is a more recent, formal or academic coinage that specifically emphasizes adding layers of complexity or nuance, often intentionally or analytically.
perplex:'Perplex' focuses on causing confusion or bewilderment in a person, while 'complexify' describes the act of making a thing, idea, or system itself more complex.
convolute:'Convolute' suggests making something unnecessarily twisted or hard to follow, often with a negative connotation, while 'complexify' can be neutral or even positive, as in adding productive depth or nuance.

Word Family

complex
adjective / nounپیچیدہ / مجموعہ
complexity
nounپیچیدگی
complexification
nounپیچیدہ کاری
complexified
adjective / past tense verbپیچیدہ کیا گیا
complexifying
present participleپیچیدہ بناتے ہوئے
simplify
verbسادہ بنانا

See Also

💡 Memory Tip

Think of 'complex' (a maze of twisting paths) + '-fy' (to make). So 'complexify' = to turn something into a maze. Imagine someone adding more and more walls to a maze, making it harder to escape.

Picture a simple straight road that someone keeps adding twists, turns, roundabouts, and intersections to, until it becomes an impossible labyrinth — that is what it means to complexify something.

✍️ Urdu Poetry

سادہ تھی راہِ حیات، اُلجھا دی اس نے ہر موڑ پہ پیچیدگی کا جال بچھا دی اس نے

Saada thi raah-e-hayaat, uljha di us ne Har mor pe pechidgi ka jaal bicha di us ne

Simple was the path of life, yet he made it entangled At every turn, he spread the web of complexity

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* Poetry attribution is AI-generated and may require verification.

🗣️ Urdu Proverb

سیدھی بات کو ٹیڑھا کرنا عقل مندی نہیں

Seedhi baat ko tedha karna aqalmandi nahi

To twist a straightforward matter is not wisdom

📖 Etymology

Origin: Latin + English "complexus + -fy" — complexus (intertwined, entwined) + Latin facere (to make)

First known use: late 20th century

Formed in English by combining 'complex' (from Latin 'complexus', past participle of 'complecti', meaning to entwine or embrace) with the suffix '-fy' (from Latin '-ficare', derived from 'facere', meaning to make or do). The word emerged in academic and philosophical discourse, particularly in the late 20th century, as thinkers sought a verb to describe the act of making something more complex or intricate. It is a back-formation and derivation pattern common in English word coinage.