Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To form a complex with another substance.

  2. (transitive)To complicate.

Examples

395 sentences

  1. This is a very complex issue.

    Це дуже складна проблема.

    ruЭто очень сложный вопрос.

    deDas ist eine sehr komplexe Angelegenheit.

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  2. This story is too complex for children.

    Ця історія заскладна для дітей.

    ruЭта история слишком сложная для детей.

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

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

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

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

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  5. How complex is it?

    Наскільки це складно?

    ruНасколько это сложно?

    deWie kompliziert ist es?

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Translations

2 languages

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

complexes, complexing, complexed, complexed
Base formcomplex · to complex
3rd person singularcomplexes
Present participlecomplexing
Past simplecomplexed
Past participlecomplexed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycomplex
he, she, itcomplexes

Past simpleLesson

all personscomplexed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave complexed
he, she, ithas complexed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill complex

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
completeB1completelyB1completionB2complexionB2complexityB2complianceC1
complex — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto