1. комплекс; совокупность 2. комплекс, группа (зданий и т. п.) sports complex —- спортивный комплекс 3. психол. комплекс inferiority complex —- комплекс неполноценности 4. разг. закомплексованность, пунктик he has a complex about his weight —- он помешался на своем весе she has a complex about snakes —- она безумно боится змей 5. сложный, составной, комплексный complex machinery —- сложные машины complex apparatus —- сложный аппарат complex number —- мат. комплексное число complex ore —- горн. сложная руда, полиметаллическая руда; труднообогатимая руда 6. сложный, трудный, запутанный complex idea —- сложная идея complex situation —- сложное положение complex instruction —- маловразумительные указания 7. грам. сложный complex object —- сложное дополнение complex sentence —- сложноподчиненное предложение 8. редк. собирать в одно целое 9. редк. осложнять ...
1. сущ. 1) общ. комплекс, система, совокупность, множество, группа a complex of hospital buildings — система корпусов больницы, больничный комплекс new industrial complex — новый промышленный комплекс 2) псих. комплекс (группа разнородных психических элементов, процессов, соединенных в одно целое) inferiority complex — комплекс неполноценности 3) общ. закомплексованность, пунктик She has a complex about her big nose. — Она комплексует из-за своего большого носа. 2. прил. 1) общ. комплексный, сложный, смешанный, составной complex apparatus — сложный аппарат See: "complex trust 2) общ. трудноразрешимый, сложный; запутанный complex problem — сложная задача See: complex management environment 3) мат. комплексный complex number — комплексное число 4) лингв. сложный (предложении, слове) complex sentence — сложное предложение 3. гл. общ., редк. 1) собирать в одно целое (редко употребляется) 2) осложнять (редко употребляется) COMPLEX 1) совокупность 2) сложный; составной 3) трудный; запутанный – hardware-software complex COMPLEX прил. 1) сложный, составной 2) сложный, запутанный • - complex environment - complex issue - complex item - complex management environment - complex valuations ...
n. & adj. --n. 1 a building, a series of rooms, a network, etc. made up of related parts (the arts complex). 2 Psychol. a related group of usu. repressed feelings or thoughts which cause abnormal behaviour or mental states (see inferiority complex (see OEDIPUS COMPLEX)). 3 (in general use) a preoccupation or obsession (has a complex about punctuality). 4 Chem. a compound in which molecules or ions form coordinate bonds to a metal atom or ion. --adj. 1 consisting of related parts; composite. 2 complicated (a complex problem). 3 Math. containing real and imaginary parts (cf. IMAGINARY). Phrases and idioms complex sentence a sentence containing a subordinate clause or clauses. Derivatives complexity n. (pl. -ies). complexly adv. Etymology: F complexe or L complexus past part. of complectere embrace, assoc. with complexus plaited ...
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I. noun Etymology: Late Latin ~us totality, from Latin, embrace, from complecti Date: 1643 1. a whole made up of complicated or interrelated parts a ~ of welfare programs the military-industrial ~ 2. a. a group of culture traits relating to a single activity (as hunting), process (as use of flint), or culture unit b. (1) a group of repressed desires and memories that exerts a dominating influence upon the personality (2) an exaggerated reaction to or preoccupation with a subject or situation c. a group of obviously related units of which the degree and nature of the relationship is imperfectly known d. the sum of factors (as symptoms) characterizing a disease or condition 3. a chemical association of two or more species (as ions or molecules) joined usually by weak electrostatic bonds rather than covalent bonds 4. a building or group of buildings housing related units an apartment ~ a sports ~ II. adjective Etymology: Latin ~us, past participle of complecti to embrace, comprise (a multitude of objects), from com- + plectere to braid — more at ply Date: 1645 1. a. composed of two or more parts ; composite b. (1) of a word having a bound form as one or more of its immediate constituents unmanly is a ~ word (2) of a sentence consisting of a main clause and one or more subordinate clauses 2. hard to separate, analyze, or solve 3. of, concerned with, being, or containing ~ numbers a ~ root ~ analysis • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun Synonyms: ~, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty mean having confusingly interrelated parts. ~ suggests the unavoidable result of a necessary combining and does not imply a fault or failure a ~ recipe. complicated applies to what offers great difficulty in understanding, solving, or explaining complicated legal procedures. intricate suggests such interlacing of parts as to make it nearly impossible to follow or grasp them separately an intricate web of deceit. involved implies extreme complication and often disorder a rambling, involved...
(complexes) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. Something that is complex has many different parts, and is therefore often difficult to understand. ...in-depth coverage of today’s complex issues. ...a complex system of voting. ...her complex personality. ...complex machines. = complicated ? simple ADJ 2. In grammar, a complex sentence contains one or more subordinate clauses as well as a main clause. Compare compound. ADJ: ADJ n 3. A complex is a group of buildings designed for a particular purpose, or one large building divided into several smaller areas. ...plans for constructing a new stadium and leisure complex. ...a complex of offices and flats. N-COUNT: usu with supp 4. If someone has a complex about something, they have a mental or emotional problem relating to it, often because of an unpleasant experience in the past. I have never had a complex about my height. ...a deranged attacker, driven by a persecution complex. N-COUNT see also guilt complex, inferiority complex ...
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~1 adj 1 consisting of many different parts or processes that are closely connected (There is a complex network of roads round the city. | Photosynthesis is a highly complex process.) 2 difficult to understand or deal with (Mental illness is by its nature very complex. | a complex problem) 3 technical a complex word or sentence contains a main part and one or more other parts ~2 n 1 a group of buildings that are close together, or a large building containing smaller buildings that are used for the same purpose (They are building a vast new shopping complex in the town. | leisure/sports/cinema complex) (a 12-screen cinema complex) 2 an emotional problem in which someone is unnecessarily anxious about something or thinks too much about something (have a complex about sth) (She's has some kind of a complex about her nose. | give sb a complex) (You'll give Graham a complex if you keep going on about how fat he is.) 3 a complex of roads/regulations etc a large number of things which are closely connected and difficult to understand (- see also inferiority complex, Oedipus complex, persecution complex) ...
- mid-17c., from Fr. complexe, from L. complexus, pp. of complecti "to encircle, embrace," from com- "with" + plectere "to weave, braid, twine." Psychological sense of "connected group of repressed ideas" was established by C.G. Jung, 1907. ...