adjective / noun · neutral

complex

UK/ˈkɒmpleks/US/ˈkɑːmpleks/COM·plex

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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

complex adjective / nouncomplexity noun

Common mistakes

very complicated problem → very complex problem is wrong?very complex problem

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Synonyms

complicated

Easily confused

complicated

The instructions were so complicated that students made many mistakes.

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