Betekenis van complex In het Nederlands

• 0 involving a lot of different but related parts:

  • a complex molecule/carbohydrate

  • a complex network of roads

  • a complex procedure

  • The company has a complex organizational structure.

  • It's a very complex issue to which there is no straightforward answer.

  • The film's plot was so complex that I couldn't follow it.

• 1 a large building with various connected rooms or a related group of buildings:

  • a shopping/sports and leisure complex

  • US They live in a large apartment complex.

• 2 a particular anxiety or unconscious fear that a person has, especially as a result of an unpleasant experience that they have had in the past or because they have a low opinion of their own worth:

  • an inferiority complex

  • I think he's got a complex about being bald.

  • Don't go on about her weight - you'll give her a complex!

• 3 having many parts related to each other in ways that may be difficult to understand:

  • a complex surgical procedure

  • The question of who is legally responsible is a complex issue.

• 4 a group of buildings that are related, or a large building having different parts:

  • an apartment complex for elderly people

• 5 a group of attitudes and feelings that influence a person’s behavior, often in a negative way:

  • an inferiority complex