Commentary: COMPLICATION[+event][+action][+creation][+complexity]
NOTE: a nominalization: his complication of the explanation -> he complicated the explanation
NOTE: implies X complicated Y, where X is a cause/agent of increasing complexity of patient/object Y
Examples:
His unnecessary complication of the explanation only confused the students.
I tried to reduce the lawyer's complication of the wording of the letter.
The new experimental data's complication of the existing theory cannot be dismissed.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: COMPLICATION[+state][+situation][+complexity][+increased]
NOTE: occurs as 'X BE complication' where X is a situation, event, -not- an entity (Sense 4)
Examples:
Your arrival at my wedding is certainly a complication, John.
The King's decision had many unforeseen complications. (decision = action, situation)
My plan didn't go smoothly-- there were a few complications along the way.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: COMPLICATION[+event][+physiological][+medical][+condition][+adverse]
NOTE: implies structures of the form 'X happened', 'X is the case' where X is an adverse medical condition.
NOTE: a narrow, specific usage of Sense 2 - Sense 3 always implies a medical event. A disease or disorder that results from another disease or disorder (or from a treatment).
Examples:
He died of complications from the surgery.
Were there complications from the gunshot wound?
Bed sores are a common complication of long-term paralysis.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: COMPLICATION[+quality][+intricacy]
NOTE: implies 'X HAS complication', where complication is an attribute of X and X is an entity
Examples:
I like organization and neatness, and I really hate complication in a filing system.
The puzzle's level of complication makes it very difficult to solve.
You must read his books carefully because of the complications in the plot structures.
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WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1
Commentary: Automatically generated NOTA sense (bbn)
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