Meaning of complex in English

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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
Antonyms
- simple

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