complex
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
Adjective 4 meanings
Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
“a complex being; a complex idea”
Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of −1.
“complex number”
Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
“complex function”
Noun 4 meanings
A network of interconnected systems.
“military–industrial complex”
A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
An assemblage of related things; a collection.
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.”
Verb 2 meanings
To form a complex with another substance.
To complicate.
Etymology
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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COMPLEX at a glance
COMPLEX has 7 letters and scores 20 points in Scrabble (C 3 + O 1 + M 3 + P 3 + L 1 + E 1 + X 8) and 24 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,407 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with complex
All rhymes- FLEX14
- REFLEX16
- DUPLEX16
- SIMPLEX18
- MULTIPLEX20
- PLEX13
- SUPLEX15
- TELEX12
- METROPLEX20
- CIRCUMFLEX26
- TRIPLEX16
- CINEPLEX19
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