adjective / noun · neutral
complex
UK/ˈkɒmpleks/US/ˈkɑːmpleks/COM·plex
adj: consisting of many different and connected parts; noun: a group of buildings or related things
Examples
“The issue is complex and requires interdisciplinary study.”
“They live in a large housing complex near the university.”
“The experiment involved a complex set of variables.”
Band 8 sentence
“The socio-economic dynamics of rapidly growing cities are complex and cannot be explained by a single factor.”
Collocations
- complex issue
- housing complex
Word family
Common mistakes
very complicated problem → very complex problem is wrong?→very complex problem
a complexs→complexes
Say it for a higher band
5difficult→6complicated→7+complex
Synonyms
complicated
Easily confused
complicated
“The instructions were so complicated that students made many mistakes.”
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