- complexity
- nounADJECTIVE▪ considerable, enormous, extraordinary, extreme, great, immense▪ full, sheer▪
Only now did he understand the full complexity of the problem.
▪ growing, increasing▪ bewildering▪ unnecessary▪ added▪ biological, economic, linguistic, structural, technical▪The critics failed to understand the structural complexities of the novel's language.
▪ emotional, psychological… OF COMPLEXITY▪ degree, levelVERB + COMPLEXITY▪ convey, demonstrate, illustrate, reflect, reveal, show▪It is difficult to convey the sheer complexity of the situation.
▪ emphasize, highlight, underscore (AmE)▪The video emphasizes the complexity of this debate.
▪ capture▪The author has managed to capture the complexity of this man.
▪ create▪These programs create additional complexities to the pricing system.
▪ appreciate, grasp, recognize, understand▪ underestimate▪ explore▪a love story which explores the complexities of emotional infidelity
▪ explain▪ address, handle▪ increase, reduceCOMPLEXITY + VERB▪ arise (from sth)PREPOSITION▪ of … complexity▪a pay system of unnecessary complexity
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
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complexity — 1721, composite nature, from COMPLEX (Cf. complex) (adj.) + ITY (Cf. ity). Meaning intricacy is from 1790. Meaning a complex condition is from 1794 … Etymology dictionary
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