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1. (adj.) complex
composed of many interconnected parts; compound; composite:
a complex system.
2. complex
characterized by a complicated or involved arrangement of parts, units, etc.:
complex machinery.
3. complex
so complicated or intricate as to be hard to understand or deal with:
a complex problem.
4. complex
(of a word) consisting of two or more parts, at least one of which is a bound form, as childish, which consists of the word child and the bound form
-ish.
5. complex
pertaining to or using complex numbers:
complex methods; complex vector space.
6. (n.) complex
an often intricate or complicated association or assemblage of related things, parts, units, etc., forming a whole:
an apartment complex.
7. complex
a cluster of interrelated, emotion-charged ideas, desires, and impulses that may be wholly or partly suppressed but influence attitudes, associations, and behavior.
8. complex
an obsessive notion or concern.
9. complex
an entity composed of molecules in which the constituents maintain much of their chemical identity:
receptor-hormone complex.
10. (v.t.) complex
Chem. to form a complex with.
11. (v.i.) complex
Chem. to form a complex.
Etymology: (1645–55; (adj.) < L complexus, ptp. of complectī, complectere to embrace, encompass, include)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) complex, composite
a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
"the complex of shopping malls, houses, and roads created a new town"
2. (noun) complex, coordination compound
a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
3. (noun) complex
(psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
4. (adj) building complex, complex
a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures
5. (adj) complex
complicated in structure; consisting of interconnected parts
"a complex set of variations based on a simple folk melody"; "a complex mass of diverse laws and customs"
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1. (adjective) complex
≠ simple
a complex theory
2. (noun) complex
a group of buildings
an apartment complex
3. complex
a psychological or emotional problem
He has a complex about having a big nose.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) complex
composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea
2. (noun) complex
involving many parts; complicated; intricate
3. (noun) complex
assemblage of related things; collection; complication
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Sense: composed of many parts
a complex piece of machinery.
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 Afrikaans: gekompliseerd, ingewikkel |
 Arabic: مُرَكَّب |
 Bulgarian: съставен |
 Brazilian: complexo |
 Czech: složený |
 German: zusammengesetzt |
 Danish: kompliceret; sammensat; k |
 Greek: πολυσύνθετος |
 Spanish: complejo |
 Estonian: kompleksne |
 Farsi: مرکب؛ پیچیده |
 Finnish: moniosainen |
 French: complexe |
 Hebrew: מוּרכַּב |
 Hindi: जटिल |
 Croatian: složen, sastavljen |
 Hungarian: összetett |
 Indonesian: gabungan |
 Icelandic: margbrotinn, flókinn |
 Italian: complesso |
 Japanese: 複合の |
 Korean: 복합적인 |
 Lithuanian: sudėtinis |
 Latvian: salikts |
 Malay: kompleks |
 Dutch: ingewikkeld |
 Norwegian: kompleks, sammensatt, fle |
 Polish: złożony |
 Persian: مرکب؛ پیچیده |
 Pashto: مركب، ګډ، مختلط، اخښلى: پ |
 Portuguese: complexo |
 Romanian: complex |
 Russian: сложный |
 Slovak: zložitý |
 Slovenian: sestavljen |
 Serbian: složen |
 Swedish: sammansatt |
 Thai: ซับซ้อน |
 Turkish: kompleks, karmaşık |
 Taiwanese: 合成的，複合的 |
 Ukrainian: складний; комплексний |
 Urdu: مرکب |
 Vietnamese: phức tạp |
 Chinese: 合成的，复合的 |
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