🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

Complesso

Pronunciation / Transliteration: komˈplɛs.so

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Complex/ˈkɒm.plɛks/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #800 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il progetto era complesso e richiedeva molte risorse."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Consisting of many different and connected parts.

    "The project was complex, involving multiple teams and technologies."
As noun
  1. 1

    A group of related things that are connected in a complicated way.

    "The psychological complex he experienced affected his relationships."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'complex' originates from the Latin 'complexus', meaning 'embracing' or 'composed of', which evolved through Middle French before entering English in the late 14th century. Its meaning has shifted from a physical sense of being intertwined to a more abstract sense of being complicated or intricate.

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