Sophisticate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|səˈfɪstɪkeɪt|
Brit.
|səˈfɪstɪkeɪt|
noun
- a worldly-wise person
verb
- make less natural or innocent
- alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive (syn: doctor)
- make more complex or refined
Their manners had sophisticated the young girls
- practice sophistry; change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive (syn: convolute, pervert, twist)- alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive (syn: doctor)
- make more complex or refined
a sophisticated design
Extra examples
...sophisticates laughing at people they thought of as hicks...
Their manners had sophisticated the young girls
...there's no need to sophisticate something that is beautiful in its simplicity...
Word forms
noun
singular: sophisticate
plural: sophisticates
singular: sophisticate
plural: sophisticates
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