complexity
//kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti//
formalForms
- Plural
- complexities
Definitions
1.The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
2.That which is and renders complex; intricacy; complication.
- The battle was like the grinding of an immense and terrible machine to him. Its complexities and powers, its grim processes, fascinated him.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3896
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From complex + -ity.
Partially displaced native English manifoldness.