sophisticate

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

a worldly-wise person (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
man of the world
• Hypernyms:
adult, grownup
• Hyponyms:
cosmopolitan, cosmopolite, slicker

II - verb

1. make less natural or innocent
- Their manners had sophisticated the young girls
• Derivationally related forms:
sophistication
• Hypernyms:
educate, school, train, cultivate, civilize, civilise
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody
2. practice sophistry;
change the meaning of or be vague about in order to mislead or deceive
- Don't twist my words
• Syn:
twist, twist around, pervert, convolute
• Derivationally related forms:
sophistication, twist (for: twist), twisting (for: twist)
• Hypernyms:
denote, refer
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. alter and make impure, as with the intention to deceive
- Sophisticate rose water with geraniol
• Syn:
doctor, doctor up
• Hypernyms:
load, adulterate, stretch, dilute, debase
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. make more complex or refined
- a sophisticated design
• Derivationally related forms:
sophistication
• Hypernyms:
complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  man of the world, doctor, doctor up, twist, twist around, pervert, convolute