complexity
/kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti/
complexity noun: the state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
Noun
complexity (countable and uncountable, plural complexities)
- The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
- 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.1895 October, Stephen Crane, chapter VIII, in The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC, pages 84–85
complexity meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
complexity in Hindi
- complexity, intricacy
- जटिलता jaṭiltā
complexity in Tamil
- உட்சிக்கல், கடுஞ்சிக்கல்
complexity in Urdu
- پیچیدگی
complexity in Bengali
- জটিলতা
More languagesFewer languages
- complexity in Telugu
- సంక్లిష్టత, సంక్లిష్టత (కాంప్లెక్సిటీ
- complexity in Malayalam
- സങ്കീർണ്ണത saṅkīṟṇṇata, സങ്കീർണ്ണം saṅkīṟṇṇaṁ
- complexity in Kannada
- ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣತೆ, ಸಂಕೀರ್ಣತೆಯು
- complexity in Punjabi
- ਗੁੰਝਲਤਾ, ਗੁੰਝਲਦਾਰਤਾ
- complexity in Gujarati
- જટિલતા
- complexity in Nepali
- जटिलता
- complexity in Arabic
- تَعْقِيد taʕqīd
- complexity in Malay
- kerumitan, kekompleksan
- complexity in Indonesian
- kompleksitas, kekompleksan, kerumitan
Examples of complexity in a sentence
- If we animate the model, we can see the complexity of the action.
- The writing was measured for both grammatical complexity and accuracy factors.
- The professor of complexity theory says that the problem can be solved in polynomial time.
Synonyms of complexity
- complicacy
- complexness
- complicate
- complicatedness
- complication
- intricacy
- involution
- sophistication
- complicity
Antonyms
Forms of complexity
| plural | complexities |
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Origin of complexity
From complex + -ity. Partially displaced native English manifoldness.
Words formed from complexity
- attributional complexity
- biocomplexity
- chaoplexity
- complexity class
- complexity function
- complexity-hiding proxy
- complexity theory
- computational complexity theory
- cyclomatic complexity
- geocomplexity
- hypercomplexity
- incomplexity
- irreducible complexity
- Kolmogorov complexity
- McCabe's complexity
- overcomplexity
- Rademacher complexity
- space complexity
- time complexity
- time-space complexity
- ultracomplexity
- uncomplexity
Phrases with complexity
Questions about complexity
- What does complexity mean?
- Complexity means the state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.
- What is complexity in Hindi?
- Complexity in Hindi is जटिलता (jaṭiltā). See Complexity meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is complexity?
- Complexity is a noun.
- How do you pronounce complexity?
- Complexity is pronounced /kəmˈplɛk.sɪ.ti/.
- What is the plural of complexity?
- The plural of complexity is complexities.
Words near complexity in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: complexity (page history and authors); जटिलता (Hindi) (page history and authors); complexity (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); complexity (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); complexity (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); complexity (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); complexity (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); complexity (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); complexity (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); complexity (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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