complex
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈkɒmplɛks/
- Residents of the large housing complex enjoy shared amenities like a swimming pool and garden.
- an industrial complex
- military-industrial complex
- an apartment complex
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- It was in our apartment complex, in the office room.
- The people that back the industrial military complex are those people.
- I cut a cheque for this apartment complex on the West side.
- My dad was bouncing around from apartment complexes to trailers.
- I look over and it's two people from the apartment complex staring at me.
- But the, the real value, the true value of those apartment complexes wasn't really shaken.
- Like, you know, you go to the you know, to the complex, the airport complex, right.
- She knew that all the people out of this little apartment complex came out and swarmed her.
- They are what they are by being within the complex of what's being studied.
- And he said that the complex that's underground goes out.
- So you're saying all the money that came for this complex was from Americans?
Examples
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Davis did her first urban excavation in 1982 at PPG Place, a complex of six reflective-glass-facade buildings.
Academic text (2011) -
So they had terraces, they had whole complexes of buildings up on top.
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The first apartment complex I moved into was haunted.
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The team arrives at a local studio complex.
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The Watergate office and apartment complex.
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This is Launch Complex 34, where the Apollo 1 tragedy occurred.
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The new office complex features several workspaces, conference rooms, and break areas for employees.
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The university built a sports complex that includes a gym, swimming pool, and multiple playing fields.
Synonyms
∞
2.7
A group of connected parts that work together as a whole, like a computer or machine
540
2.9
A group of connected people or businesses that share information
398
3.7
A thing made from parts, like a bridge or reef
1
3.5
A group of connected buildings that share the same purpose
1
9.2
A very large system with many connected parts
Compounds
- Literature
23
7.0
A powerful group of armed forces and weapons makers that influence government decisions
3
7.2
Feeling that you are better than other people because you think highly of yourself
- NSFW
1
9.9
A hidden wish in a boy to be loved by his mother and to replace his father
- NSFW
1
9.9
A child's strong sexual feelings for a parent of the opposite sex and anger toward the same-sex parent
- Specialized
1
3.5
A sentence with one main clause and one or more clauses that depend on it
- Specialized
1
3.4
A group of vitamins that dissolve in water and help cells use food for energy
1
8.3
A problem about law that is difficult to solve because it has many different parts
- NSFW
1
9.9
A daughter's hidden romantic feelings for her father and jealousy of her mother
- Specialized
1
7.1
A flat surface for showing numbers that have a real part and an imaginary part as points
- Specialized
1
8.5
A function that has two or more variables and shows complicated behavior
- Specialized
1
3.2
A group of substances in food that dissolve in water and help the body make energy
- Specialized
1
7.7
A complex number with the same real part and the imaginary part with the opposite sign
- Specialized
1
9.9
A group of genes that make cell-surface proteins telling the immune system if a donated organ is accepted
- Specialized
1
6.5
A pattern on a heart test that shows electrical activity when the lower chambers contract
- Specialized
1
4.7
Small sacs inside a cell that change, sort, and pack proteins and fats for transport
- Specialized
1
9.4
A computer design where the processor runs many complex commands directly in hardware
- Specialized
1
8.1
A computer design where the main processor runs many built-in instructions
- Specialized
More than one word that work together to show place, time, or other connection like in front of
- Specialized
A short seizure that makes you lose awareness and causes muscle weakness or sudden movements
- Archaic
A group of old flowering plant families important for early flower evolution
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Etymology
Complex comes from Latin parts com- 'together' and plectere 'to braid', so it originally meant things joined into one. A building complex is simply a group of connected buildings 'woven' together into a single site.