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complex

[ adjective verb kuhm-pleks, kom-pleks; noun kom-pleks ]

adjective

  1. composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite:

    a complex highway system.

  2. characterized by a very complicated or involved arrangement of parts, units, etc.:

    complex machinery.

    Antonyms:

  3. so complicated or intricate as to be hard to understand or deal with:

    a complex problem.

    Synonyms: , ,

    Antonyms:

  4. Grammar.
    1. (of a word) consisting of two parts, at least one of which is a bound form, as childish, which consists of the word child and the bound form -ish.
  5. Mathematics. pertaining to or using complex numbers:

    complex methods; complex vector space.



noun

  1. an intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc.:

    the entire complex of our educational system; an apartment complex.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. Psychology. a system of interrelated, emotion-charged ideas, feelings, memories, and impulses that is usually repressed and that gives rise to abnormal or pathological behavior.
  3. a fixed idea; an obsessive notion.
  4. Mathematics.
    1. an arbitrary set of elements of a group.
    2. a collection of simplexes having specified properties.
  5. Also called coordination compound. Chemistry. a compound in which independently existing molecules or ions of a nonmetal complexing agent form coordinate bonds with a metal atom or ion. Compare ligand ( def 2 ).
  6. Biochemistry. an entity composed of molecules in which the constituents maintain much of their chemical identity:

    receptor-hormone complex, enzyme-substrate complex.

verb (used with object)

  1. Chemistry. to form a complex with.

verb (used without object)

  1. Chemistry. to form a complex.

complex

/ 藞办蓲尘辫濒蓻办蝉 /

adjective

  1. made up of various interconnected parts; composite
  2. (of thoughts, writing, etc) intricate or involved
  3. grammar
    1. (of a word) containing at least one bound form
    2. (of a noun phrase) containing both a lexical noun and an embedded clause, as for example the italicized parts of the following sentence: I didn't know the man who served me
    3. (of a sentence) formed by subordination of one clause to another
  4. maths of or involving one or more complex numbers
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a whole made up of interconnected or related parts

    a building complex

  2. psychoanal a group of emotional ideas or impulses that have been banished from the conscious mind but that continue to influence a person's behaviour
  3. informal.
    an obsession or excessive fear

    he's got a complex about cats

  4. Also calledcoordination compound a chemical compound in which molecules, groups, or ions are attached to a central metal atom, esp a transition metal atom, by coordinate bonds
  5. any chemical compound in which one molecule is linked to another by a coordinate bond
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Usage

Complex is sometimes wrongly used where complicated is meant. Complex is properly used to say only that something consists of several parts. It should not be used to say that, because something consists of many parts, it is difficult to understand or analyse
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Derived Forms

  • 藞肠辞尘辫濒别虫濒测, adverb
  • 藞肠辞尘辫濒别虫苍别蝉蝉, noun
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 肠辞尘路辫濒别虫顎僱测 adverb
  • 肠辞尘路辫濒别虫顎僴别蝉蝉 noun
  • 辞顎卾别谤路肠辞尘路辫濒别虫顎 adjective
  • 辩耻补顎却颈-肠辞尘路辫濒别虫顎 adjective
  • qua顎卻i-肠辞尘路辫濒别虫顎僱测 adverb
  • 蝉耻顎卲别谤路肠辞尘路辫濒别虫顎 adjective
  • 耻苍顎卌辞尘路辫濒别虫顎 adjective
  • un顎叧Υ浅韭繁璞舯鸪骖僱测 adverb
  • un顎叧Υ浅韭繁璞舯鸪骖僴别蝉蝉 noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of complex1

First recorded in 1645鈥55; 1905鈥10 complex fordef 7; adjective from Latin complexus, past participle of 肠辞尘辫濒别肠迟墨, complectere 鈥渢o embrace, encompass, include,鈥 equivalent to complect- ( complect ) + -tus past participle suffix; noun from Late Latin complexus 鈥渢otality, complex鈥 ( Latin: 鈥渋nclusion, grasping, embrace鈥), equivalent to complect(ere) + -tus suffix of verb action; reanalysis of the Latin verb as 鈥渢o intertwine (completely)鈥 influenced sense of the adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of complex1

C17: from Latin complexus, from 肠辞尘辫濒别肠迟墨 to entwine, from com- together + plectere to braid
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Example Sentences

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鈥淚 really wanted Julian to feel like a chameleon because, as an actor, it鈥檚 just so much fun to play characters who are contradicting and complex,鈥 he says.

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鈥淭hey have complex health and mental health conditions. They are meeting us at a real moment of crisis. The timing with which we reach out to our clients seems magical to me.鈥

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It's painstaking and complex work untangling an influence operation and its effects.

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He told the court he had twice tried to commit suicide and had been diagnosed with complex PTSD.

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She went on to be a High Court Master - judges who often manage complex, expensive cases - and was publicly promoted as a symbol of the modern judiciary's diversity.

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