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When you say a place is "complicated", what does it mean?
When I hear the word "complicated" I think of problem that is hard to solve, a place like maze, situation that requires lots of explanations.
But I see some people use word "complicated" to describe a place that is so crowded and chaotic.
For example, somebody said a library was so complicated because of too many visitors, and I thought it sounded awkward
Can word "complicated" also be used as adjectives like chaotic?
You are right! 'Complicated' does mean that it is difficult to understand. That said, we can have a complicated problem, puzzle, sum, and so on. I've never come across complicated place to mean crowded.
But yes, it can mean chaotic (but then 'chaotic' is again difficult to tackle/understand). Thus, many authors call our 'world,' a complicated place.
