Meaning

11 senses
  1. A network of interconnected systems.

    military–industrial complex

  2. A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.

    Komplex

    ко́мплексkómpleks

    ко́мплексkómpleks

  3. An assemblage of related things; a collection.

  4. An assemblage of related things; a collection.

    An organized cluster of thunderstorms.

    Gewitterkomplex

  5. A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.

    The fire complex began as two separate fires.

  6. A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.

  7. A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.

    Jim has a real complex about working for a woman boss.

  8. A group of emotionally charged ideas or mental factors, unconsciously associated by the individual with a particular subject, arising from repressed instincts, fears, or desires and often resulting in mental abnormality.

    A fixed mental tendency or obsession.

  9. A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules, as for example coordination compounds in inorganic chemistry and protein complexes in biochemistry.

    Komplex

    ко́мплексkómpleks

  10. A complex number.

  11. A multimorphemic word, one with several parts, one with affixes.

More definitions
  • a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts
  • (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
  • a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated
  • a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures

Examples

395 sentences
  1. This is a very complex issue.

    Це дуже складна проблема. — deniko

    ruЭто очень сложный вопрос. — odexed

    deDas ist eine sehr komplexe Angelegenheit. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. This story is too complex for children.

    Ця історія заскладна для дітей. — deniko

    ruЭта история слишком сложная для детей. — odexed

  3. Tom lives in the same housing complex as Mary.

    Том живе у тому ж житловому комплексі, що й Мері. — deniko

  4. Tom lives in the same housing complex as Mary does.

    Том живе у тому ж житловому комплексі, що й Мері. — deniko

  5. How complex is it?

    Наскільки це складно? — deniko

    ruНасколько это сложно? — marafon

    deWie kompliziert ist es? — Yorwba

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
psychologically based dislike or fear:
Русский
By meaning 1
psychologically based dislike or fear:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
psychologically based dislike or fear:
thunderstorm that forms when two storm fronts collide:

Origin

From French complexe, from Latin complexus, past participle of complector (“to entwine, en

From French complexe, from Latin complexus, past participle of complector (“to entwine, encircle, compass, infold”), from com- (“together”) and plectō (“to weave, braid”). May be analyzed as com- + -plex. See complect. Doublet of complexus.

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Forms

plural: complexes
Singularcomplex
Pluralcomplexes

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a conceptual whole made up of complicated and related parts:composite
  • a compound described in terms of the central atom to which other atoms are bound or coordinated:coordination compound
  • a whole structure (as a building) made up of interconnected or related structures:building complex

Word family

75 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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