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    sophisticated

    adjective
    adjective
    BrE BrE//səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd//
    ; NAmE NAmE//səˈfɪstɪkeɪtɪd//
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  1. 1having a lot of experience of the world and knowing about fashion, culture and other things that people think are socially important the sophisticated pleasures of city life Mark is a smart and sophisticated young man. compare naive Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, feel, look, … adverbextremely, fairly, very, … See full entry
  2. 2(of a machine, system, etc.) clever and complicated in the way that it works or is presented highly sophisticated computer systems Medical techniques are becoming more sophisticated all the time. Oxford Collocations Dictionary verbsbe, feel, look, … adverbextremely, fairly, very, … See full entry
  3. 3(of a person) able to understand difficult or complicated ideas a sophisticated audience
    4. opposite unsophisticated    Extra examples The software grows more sophisticated over time. incredibly sophisticated computers Ben did his best to look sophisticated. He has a very smooth, sophisticated manner. Students have more sophisticated tastes nowadays.
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