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# complex

adjective (complex, more complex, most complex); noun (a complex, complexes)

«complex» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Complex means made of many connected parts and hard to understand or explain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complex/#m1)
2. A complex is a group of buildings used for one purpose, as in «a sports complex». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complex/#m2)
3. A complex is a strong, worried feeling about something, as in «He has a complex about his height». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complex/#m3)
4. (science) A complex is a group of things that work together, like a complex of chemicals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complex/#m4)

### In the lessons

In maths and science, complex problems and systems; in everyday life, sports complexes, apartment complexes; in English and psychology, a complex is a worry; phrases: sports complex, complex sentence (grammar: a sentence with a main clause and a subordinate clause).

### Examples

- This puzzle is quite complex. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complex/#x1)
- The human brain is very complex. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complex/#x2)
- We swim at the new leisure complex. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complex/#x3)
- A complex sentence has a main clause and a subordinate clause. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complex/#x4)
- She has a complex about her freckles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complex/#x5)
- The rules of the game were too complex for my little brother. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complex/#x6)
- It is evident that the traditions from which the popular conception of the ghostly enemy has been evolved must have been of a complex and even conflicting character. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complex/#x7)

### Note

Opposite of «simple». Do not confuse with «complicated» (usually more negative) — both are close. Grammar term: complex sentence. Stress: «COM-plex» or «com-PLEX» for the adjective.

## In Jewish tradition

In maths and science, complex problems and systems; in everyday life, sports complexes, apartment complexes; in English and psychology, a complex is a worry; phrases: sports complex, complex sentence (grammar: a sentence with a main clause and a subordinate clause).

### Note

Opposite of «simple». Do not confuse with «complicated» (usually more negative) — both are close. Grammar term: complex sentence. Stress: «COM-plex» or «com-PLEX» for the adjective.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «complex» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complex/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«complex» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/complex.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «complex» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/complex/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«complex» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/complex.html) on Mova free.