building complex
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- noun
- /ˈbɪldɪŋ ˈkɒmplɛks/
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complejo de edificios
- This means over a million building complexes, hospitals, plants, schools, businesses, and similar enterprises.
- an office building complex
- three building complexes
- two building complexes
These are like actually very well put together building complexes that are mixed income.
- These are like actually very well put together building complexes that are mixed income.
Examples
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For ease of reference, Ellis was divided into three "islands," though all three of its building complexes shared the same bit of earth and were joined together by a long windowed walkway.
Fiction book (2000) -
These treatments are offered for commercial buildings, building complexes, hotels, and even residential components.
Blog text (24) -
The entire building complex is surrounded by parking lots that produce a shopping mall effect.
Academic text (2003) -
These are like actually very well put together building complexes that are mixed income.
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And that is to combine in one building complex both the traditional and the innovative strands of Roman architecture.
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Steam generated at the medical school heating plant is piped to the main building complex located about 180 meters away.
Academic text (1993) -
The corridor she followed curved gently, joining the three building complexes together.
Fiction book (2000) -
As an architect and Torontonian, I knew you would give the audience an intro about our new building complex for TIFF.
Blog text (24) -
The building complexes have names evoking things that have never been: Palm Springs, Spring Garden, Uptown, Olympic Gardens, Hampshire Houses, Modern Castle.
Academic text (2010) -
The nine-building complex will have 54 one-bedroom, one-bath units, 144 two-bedroom, two-bath units, and 38 three-bedroom, two-bath units.
Synonyms
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3.7
A thing made from parts, like a bridge or reef
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4.2
A group of connected buildings used together
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Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'complex' denotes a group or cluster and 'building' specifies the item being grouped, so 'building complex' straightforwardly means a group of buildings. This noun+noun pattern is common across languages and follows regular English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Building complex is a simple picture: several buildings joined together to make one complex, like rooms in a single big house. So it means 'a group of related buildings that work as one place'.