complex

com|plex1 [ kəm`pleks, `kam,pleks ] adjective ***

1. ) with many details or small parts, which makes something difficult to understand or deal with:

the complex web of relationships between the two families

This was a complex and difficult task.

the increasing use of complex machinery and sophisticated farming methods

highly complex: These rules are highly complex.

2. ) only before noun LINGUISTICS a complex sentence contains one main CLAUSE and one or more SUBORDINATE CLAUSES

complex

com|plex 2 [ `kam,pleks ] noun count **

1. ) a group of buildings together, or a building that has several parts:

I just moved into a new apartment complex.

2. ) an emotional problem caused by unreasonable fears or worries:

She grew up with an inferiority complex.

have/develop a complex about something: I used to have a complex about being in crowds.

give someone a complex: If you keep telling her she's clumsy, you'll give her a complex.

3. ) complex of FORMAL a large number of things together, especially when they are difficult or confusing:

the complex of delicate wiring