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Meaning of complex in English
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/ˌkɑmˈplɛks/
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Noun
complex
Definitions
1.
a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
Examples
« the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town »
2.
a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
3.
(psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
4.
a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
Qualitative Adjective
complex
Etymology
mid 17th century (in the sense ‘group of related elements’): from Latin complexus, past participle (used as a noun) of complectere‘embrace, comprise’, later associated with complexus‘plaited’; the adjective is partly via French complexe
Definitions
1.
complicated in structure
Examples
« consisting of interconnected parts »
« a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody »
« a complex mass of diverse laws and customs »
Synonyms
analyzable
decomposable
Byzantine
convoluted
intricate
involved
knotty
labyrinthine
tangled
tortuous
colonial
compound
complicated
composite
compound
daedal
Gordian
interlacing
interlinking
interlocking
interwoven
labyrinthine
labyrinthian
mazy
multifactorial
multiplex
thickening
Antonyms
simple
See also
compound
difficult