Intricate
adjective
Having many parts arranged in a complicated way, hard to follow or understand.
The watch mechanism is extremely intricate and precise.
Often appears as...
- intricate details
- intricate design
adjective
Carefully crafted with detailed and fine parts.
She wore an intricate lace gown on her wedding day.
Often appears as...
- intricate embroidery
- intricate artwork
adjective
Complicated and confusing, difficult to solve or get out of.
The intricate maze of tax laws made it difficult to determine what deductions were allowable.
Often appears as...
- intricate rules
- intricate system
adjective
Having a lot of small, complex details, especially in literature or music.
The novel had an intricate plot with many unexpected twists.
Often appears as...
- intricate plot
- intricate storyline
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Literary
adjective
Having many parts arranged in a complicated way, hard to follow or understand.
The watch mechanism is extremely intricate and precise.
Often appears as...
- intricate details
- intricate design
adjective
Carefully crafted with detailed and fine parts.
She wore an intricate lace gown on her wedding day.
Often appears as...
- intricate embroidery
- intricate artwork
adjective
Complicated and confusing, difficult to solve or get out of.
The intricate maze of tax laws made it difficult to determine what deductions were allowable.
Often appears as...
- intricate rules
- intricate system
adjective
Having a lot of small, complex details, especially in literature or music.
The novel had an intricate plot with many unexpected twists.
Often appears as...
- intricate plot
- intricate storyline
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Complexity
Imagine detailed patterns or designs, showing 'intricate' as visually complex.
The intricate tapestry depicted a historical battle.
Pro Tip 2/3Not User-Friendly
'Intricate' can imply something is not easy to use due to its complexity.
Her new smartphone's interface was too intricate to navigate easily.
Pro Tip 3/3Precision Required
Using 'intricate' suggests that precision and attention to detail are necessary.
Building the intricate model airplane took hours of focused work.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Complexity
Imagine detailed patterns or designs, showing 'intricate' as visually complex.
The intricate tapestry depicted a historical battle.
Pro Tip 2/3Not User-Friendly
'Intricate' can imply something is not easy to use due to its complexity.
Her new smartphone's interface was too intricate to navigate easily.
Pro Tip 3/3Precision Required
Using 'intricate' suggests that precision and attention to detail are necessary.
Building the intricate model airplane took hours of focused work.
Pro Tip 1/3Visual Complexity
Imagine detailed patterns or designs, showing 'intricate' as visually complex.
The intricate tapestry depicted a historical battle.
Pro Tip 2/3Not User-Friendly
'Intricate' can imply something is not easy to use due to its complexity.
Her new smartphone's interface was too intricate to navigate easily.
Pro Tip 3/3Precision Required
Using 'intricate' suggests that precision and attention to detail are necessary.
Building the intricate model airplane took hours of focused work.
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How do cancer cells...
are called growth. And growth seems like a simple thing because when we think of it, we typically think of someone getting taller or, later in life, wider, but to cells, growth isn't simple. Cell division is an intricate chemical dance that's part individual, part community-driven.
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The complex geometry of...
were preserved and further developed, resulting in fundamental advancements in scientific study and mathematics. Accompanying this was an increasingly sophisticated use of abstraction and complex geometry in Islamic art, from intricate floral motifs adorning carpets and textiles,
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Which is better: Soap or...
because of the intricate landscape that is your hand. Soap and sanitizer need to get everywhere, including your palms, fingertips, the outsides of your hands, and between your fingers, to protect you properly. And when it comes to a coronavirus outbreak,
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Why are human bodies...
Symmetry is everywhere in nature, and we usually associate it with a perfectly shaped leaf, or a butterfly with intricate patterns mirrored on each wing. But it turns out that asymmetry is pretty important, too, and more common than you might think,
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How to build a fictional...
and everything is most certainly 42. Just like real life, fictional worlds operate consistently within a spectrum of physical and societal rules. That's what makes these intricate worlds believable, comprehensible, and worth exploring.
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How do ocean currents...
Though they have different causes, surface and deep ocean currents influence each other in an intricate dance that keeps the entire ocean moving. Near the shore, surface currents are driven by both the wind and tides,
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Steven Pinker: Human...
all the way down to weaning, weapons, weather, attempts to control, the color white and a worldview. Also, genetics and neuroscience are increasingly showing that the brain is intricately structured.
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Living in a shadow PIPE...
they listen to it obsessively they started a correspondence with Claire little thank-you notes and encouragement about her music and about her own paintings which were miniature intricate
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Top 5 Best Animal...
to thrive far from their dim-witted infamous animated portrayal spotted hyenas are in fact highly intelligent animals this is partly thanks to having evolved an extraordinarily intricate
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First-Ever 3D VR Filmed...
our atmosphere I was struck by one thing the earth is an incredible planet but we don't live outside of this web of life we're intricately connected to it
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How do cancer cells...
are called growth. And growth seems like a simple thing because when we think of it, we typically think of someone getting taller or, later in life, wider, but to cells, growth isn't simple. Cell division is an intricate chemical dance that's part individual, part community-driven.
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The complex geometry of...
were preserved and further developed, resulting in fundamental advancements in scientific study and mathematics. Accompanying this was an increasingly sophisticated use of abstraction and complex geometry in Islamic art, from intricate floral motifs adorning carpets and textiles,
Video examples
Which is better: Soap or...
because of the intricate landscape that is your hand. Soap and sanitizer need to get everywhere, including your palms, fingertips, the outsides of your hands, and between your fingers, to protect you properly. And when it comes to a coronavirus outbreak,
Video examples
Why are human bodies...
Symmetry is everywhere in nature, and we usually associate it with a perfectly shaped leaf, or a butterfly with intricate patterns mirrored on each wing. But it turns out that asymmetry is pretty important, too, and more common than you might think,
Video examples
How to build a fictional...
and everything is most certainly 42. Just like real life, fictional worlds operate consistently within a spectrum of physical and societal rules. That's what makes these intricate worlds believable, comprehensible, and worth exploring.
Video examples
How do ocean currents...
Though they have different causes, surface and deep ocean currents influence each other in an intricate dance that keeps the entire ocean moving. Near the shore, surface currents are driven by both the wind and tides,
Video examples
Steven Pinker: Human...
all the way down to weaning, weapons, weather, attempts to control, the color white and a worldview. Also, genetics and neuroscience are increasingly showing that the brain is intricately structured.
Video examples
Living in a shadow PIPE...
they listen to it obsessively they started a correspondence with Claire little thank-you notes and encouragement about her music and about her own paintings which were miniature intricate
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Top 5 Best Animal...
to thrive far from their dim-witted infamous animated portrayal spotted hyenas are in fact highly intelligent animals this is partly thanks to having evolved an extraordinarily intricate
Video examples
First-Ever 3D VR Filmed...
our atmosphere I was struck by one thing the earth is an incredible planet but we don't live outside of this web of life we're intricately connected to it
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John Banville
Irish Novelist
I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such a meticulous, intricate, technical business. I wish I could say that I love my characters and that frequently they take over the book and run away with the plot and so on. But they don't exist.
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Jeff Abbott
American Novelist
I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try to focus hard on making each character, whether villain or hero, have an interesting flaw that readers can relate to.
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Sonny Bono
American Musician
With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.
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Karl Jaspers
German Psychologist
The study of law left me unsatisfied, because I did not know the aspects of life which it serves. I perceived only the intricate mental juggling with fictions that did not interest me.
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Kate Crawford
Australian Writer
While massive datasets may feel very abstract, they are intricately linked to physical place and human culture. And places, like people, have their own individual character and grain.
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Roger Taylor
American Musician
Hearing loss has not affected my vocal range. I can still pitch perfectly, but without the hearing aids, I don't hear the intricate high parts of the actual spectrum.
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Geddy Lee
Canadian Musician
With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly.
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George William Russell
Irish Writer
We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell.
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Shakira
Musician
The relationship I have with my Hispanic fans is very deep and intricate.
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Christopher Alexander
American Architect
Drawings help people to work out intricate relationships between parts.
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John Banville
Irish Novelist
I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such a meticulous, intricate, technical business. I wish I could say that I love my characters and that frequently they take over the book and run away with the plot and so on. But they don't exist.
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Jeff Abbott
American Novelist
I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I try to focus hard on making each character, whether villain or hero, have an interesting flaw that readers can relate to.
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Sonny Bono
American Musician
With all due respect to lawyers, it's wonderful that you have this intricate knowledge. You break down words to the nth degree. And sometimes I find it rather disgusting. And it goes on and on.
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Karl Jaspers
German Psychologist
The study of law left me unsatisfied, because I did not know the aspects of life which it serves. I perceived only the intricate mental juggling with fictions that did not interest me.
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Kate Crawford
Australian Writer
While massive datasets may feel very abstract, they are intricately linked to physical place and human culture. And places, like people, have their own individual character and grain.
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Roger Taylor
American Musician
Hearing loss has not affected my vocal range. I can still pitch perfectly, but without the hearing aids, I don't hear the intricate high parts of the actual spectrum.
Quote examples
Geddy Lee
Canadian Musician
With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly.
Quote examples
George William Russell
Irish Writer
We dwell in the house of the body, but its perfection and intricate life are the work of a wisdom which never relaxes dominion over a single cell.
Quote examples
Shakira
Musician
The relationship I have with my Hispanic fans is very deep and intricate.
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Christopher Alexander
American Architect
Drawings help people to work out intricate relationships between parts.
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