Complexity - English meaning

noun

A circumstance that complicates something; a difficulty.

Usage examples:

There is a complication concerning ownership of the site

noun

Something that makes a situation more difficult

Usage examples:

This complication had not been foreseen., he died from complications of diabetes.

noun

Something that makes a situation more difficult, or the act of doing this

Usage examples:

Dave couldn't find his passport at the airport and then there were further complications when fiona…

noun

A thing that is complex and difficult to follow.

Usage examples:

The convolutions of farm policy

noun

A twist

Usage examples:

An intricate pattern of endless convolutions, the movie's plot twists and convolutions demand a lot…

noun

Something that makes an explanation, story, etc. complicated and difficult to understand

Usage examples:

The movie's plot twists and convolutions demand a lot of concentration from the audience.

noun

The state or condition of being difficult.

Usage examples:

Guy had no difficulty in making friends

noun

The fact of not being easy, or of being hard to do or understand

Usage examples:

[ u ] he has some difficulty hearing people when they speak softly., [ c usually pl ] in 1986 he ex…

noun

The fact of not being easy to do or understand

Usage examples:

With difficulty we finished the job, but only with great difficulty., difficulty of the difficulty …

noun

The action or fact of entangling or being entangled.

Usage examples:

Many dolphins die from entanglement in fishing nets

noun

The condition of being wrapped and twisted together in a mass

Usage examples:

Entanglements of cables and wires, a legal entanglement

noun

A situation or relationship that you are involved in and that is difficult to escape from

Usage examples:

The book describes the complex emotional and sexual entanglements between the members of the group.

noun

The quality of being intricate.

Usage examples:

The intricacy of the procedure

noun

The fact or condition of being involved with or participating in something.

Usage examples:

Us officials produced evidence of his involvement in drug trafficking

noun

The state of being included in an activity

Usage examples:

[ u ] he was accused of involvement in the robbery.

noun

A matter or situation regarded as unwelcome or harmful and needing to be dealt with and overcome.

Usage examples:

They have financial problems

adjective

Denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others.

Usage examples:

Practitioners help families develop strategies for managing problem behaviour in teens

noun

Something that causes difficulty or that is hard to deal with

Usage examples:

Financing the camp’s athletic program is a problem., he has a serious health problem., i’m having p…

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

Usage examples:

The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape