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community
English
Etymology
From Late Middle English communite, borrowed from Old French communité, comunité, comunete (modern French communauté), from Classical Latin comm?nit?s (“community; public spirit”), from comm?nis (“common, ordinary; of or for the community, public”) + -it?s (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-teh?ts (“suffix forming nouns indicating a state of being”)). Comm?nis is derived from con- (“prefix indicating a being or bringing together of several objects”) (from cum (“with”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *?óm (“along, at, next to, with”)) + m?nus (“employment, office, service; burden, duty, obligation”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to change, exchange”)). Doublet of communitas.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /k??mju?n?ti/
- (General American, Canada) enPR: k?-myo?o?n?-ti, IPA(key): /k(?)?mjun?ti/, [k(?)?mjun??i]
- Hyphenation: com?mun?i?ty
Noun
community (countable and uncountable, plural communities)
- (countable) A group sharing a common understanding, and often the same language, law, manners, and/or tradition.
- (countable) A residential or religious collective; a commune.
- (countable, ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
- (countable, Internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for educational, professional, social, or other purposes; a virtual community.
- (uncountable) The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
- (countable, obsolete) Common enjoyment or possession; participation.
- (uncountable, obsolete) Common character; likeness.
- (uncountable, obsolete) Commonness; frequency.
- (Wales, countable) A local area within a county or county borough which is the lowest tier of local government, usually represented by a community council or town council, which is generally equivalent to a civil parish in England.
Alternative forms
- communitie (obsolete)
Antonyms
- anticommunity
- noncommunity
Hyponyms
- subcommunity
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
- community at OneLook Dictionary Search
- community in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- "community" in Raymond Williams, Keywords (revised), 1983, Fontana Press, page 75.
- community in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Further reading
- community on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- community (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Community (Wales) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
community From the web:
- what community am i in
- what community do i live in
- what community do i belong to
- what community character am i
- what community means
- what community board am i in
- what community colleges are near me
- what community service can i do
complex
English
Etymology
From French complexe, from Latin complexus, past participle of complect? (“to entwine, encircle, compass, infold”), from com- (“together”) and plectere (“to weave, braid”). See complect. Doublet of complexus.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?ks
- Adjective
- (UK) IPA(key): /k?m?pl?ks/, /?k?m.pl?ks/
- (US) enPR: k?mpl?ks, k?m'pl?ks; IPA(key): /k?m?pl?ks/, /?k?mpl?ks/
- Noun
- (UK) IPA(key): /?k?m.pl?ks/
- (US) enPR: k?m'pl?ks, IPA(key): /?k?mpl?ks/
Adjective
complex (comparative complexer or more complex, superlative complexest or most complex)
- Made up of multiple parts; composite; not simple.
- Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe.
- Not simple, easy, or straightforward; complicated.
- 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences
- When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is complex and difficult.
- 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences
- (mathematics, of a number) Having the form a + bi, where a and b are real numbers and i is (by definition) the imaginary square root of ?1.
- (mathematics, mathematical analysis, of a function) Whose range is a subset of the complex numbers.
- (mathematics, algebra) Whose coefficients are complex numbers; defined over the field of complex numbers.
- (geometry) A curve, polygon or other figure that crosses or intersects itself.
Synonyms
- (not simple): complicated, detailed, difficult, hard, intricate, involved, tough
Antonyms
- (not simple): basic, easy, simple, simplex, straightforward
Derived terms
- complex function
- complexify
- complexity
- complexness
- pseudocomplex
Related terms
- complexion
- (mathematics): symplectic
Translations
Noun
complex (plural complexes)
- A problem. (clarification of this definition is needed)
- A network of interconnected systems.
- A collection of buildings with a common purpose, such as a university or military base.
- An assemblage of related things; a collection.
- This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel.
- An organized cluster of thunderstorms.
- A cluster of wildfires burning in the same vicinity.
- (taxonomy) A group of closely related species, often distinguished only with difficulty by traditional morphological methods.
- (psychoanalysis) An abnormal mental condition caused by repressed emotions.
- (informal, by extension) A vehement, often excessive psychological dislike or fear of a particular thing.
- (chemistry) A structure consisting of a central atom or molecule weakly connected to surrounding atoms or molecules.
- (mathematics) A complex number.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
complex (third-person singular simple present complexes, present participle complexing, simple past and past participle complexed)
- (chemistry, intransitive) To form a complex with another substance
- (transitive) To complicate.
Translations
Further reading
- complex in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- complex in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- complex at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin complexus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /kom?pl?ks/
- (Central) IPA(key): /kum?pl?ks/
Adjective
complex (feminine complexa, masculine plural complexos, feminine plural complexes)
- complex
- Antonyms: simple, senzill
Derived terms
- nombre complex
Related terms
- complexitat
Noun
complex m (plural complexos)
- complex (clarification of this definition is needed)
Further reading
- “complex” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “complex” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “complex” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “complex” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French complexe or German komplex, from Latin complexus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m?pl?ks/
- Hyphenation: com?plex
- Rhymes: -?ks
Adjective
complex (comparative complexer, superlative meest complex or complext)
- complex (composite)
- complex (complicated)
- (mathematics) complex (containing an imaginary component or involving imaginary numbers)
Inflection
Derived terms
- complex getal
- complexiteit
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: kompleks
Noun
complex n (plural complexen, diminutive complexje n)
- complex (collection of buildings or facilities with a common purpose)
- (psychoanalysis) complex (abnormal mental state caused by repression)
Derived terms
- gebouwencomplex
- inferioriteitscomplex
- meerderwaarigheidscomplex
- minderwaardigheidscomplex
- sportcomplex
- superioriteitscomplex
- tempelcomplex
Related terms
- complicatie
- gecompliceerd
Descendants
- ? Indonesian: kompleks
Romanian
Etymology
From French complexe, from Latin complexus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kom?pleks]
Adjective
complex m or n (feminine singular complex?, masculine plural complec?i, feminine and neuter plural complexe)
- complex
Declension
Antonyms
- simplu
Related terms
- complexitate
Further reading
- complex in DEX online - Dic?ionare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
complex From the web:
- what complex do i have
- what complex means
- what complex carbohydrates
- what complex sentence
- what complexion am i
- what complex receives electrons from nadh
- what complexion will my baby be
- what complex fraction is equal to 2/3
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