complex set

collocation in English

meaningsofcomplexandset

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complex
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.pleks/
us
/kɑːmˈpleks/
involving a lot of different but ...
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set
noun
uk
/set/
us
/set/
a group of similar things that belong together in ...
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(Definition ofcomplexandsetfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplex set

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They reflect acomplexsetof dynamics and incentives (9).
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Thiscomplexsetof operations has a high cost.
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The sailors represented acomplexsetof loyalties.
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Points are awarded against acomplexsetof 136 quality indicators.
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Yet these groups are often involved in acomplexsetof complementary relations.
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Language learning is acomplexsetof processes that largely take place in the learner's head.
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This was implemented through acomplexsetof heuristics, with some degree of success.
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The law is, however, a complex institution, acomplexsetof institutions.
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Acomplexsetof issues is here compressed into rather simple formulations.
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The deforestation process is influenced by acomplexsetof factors.
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It is now redistributed to a verycomplexsetof collective agencies.
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The best description of acomplexsetof features may well involve dimensions or factors.
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We turn now to a morecomplexsetof explanations for labour market decisions of families.
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Unless is not negative, but it is exceptive, so it requires a morecomplexset-up.
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It's a product of a verycomplexsetof ideas, and ideas are in people's minds.
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The new identity must be understood within acomplexsetof historical and cultural factors.
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As illness worsens, patients are confronted with an increasinglycomplexsetof care decisions.
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This kind of grammar comprises acomplexsetof rules which constrain the order of the letters in the strings.
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Explaining acomplexsetof developments over a period of nearly two decades presents a difficult analytical challenge.
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These models attempt to take account of the feedback effects in what is often a verycomplexsetof processes.
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We have found no similar case in the literature and therefore report the repair of thiscomplexsetof defects.
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The family lifecourse perspective offers great potential for understanding thecomplexsetof pathways of a family system.
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This adds acomplexsetof intra-pore electrostatic interactions that affect flux - attractive interactions between the mobile ions.
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In contrast, the informants were very reluctant to consider their next move for acomplexsetof reasons.
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From thecomplexset, hidden unit vectors were collected for the object assembly, simple language, and complex language training patterns.
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