complex text

collocation in English

meaningsofcomplexandtext

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complex
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.pleks/
us
/kɑːmˈpleks/
involving a lot of different but ...
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text
noun
uk
/tekst/
us
/tekst/
the written words in a book, magazine, etc., not ...
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(Definition ofcomplexandtextfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofcomplex text

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Can understand the main ideas ofcomplextexton both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialization.
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At the postgraduate level, students are faced withcomplextextinterpretation processes.
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Can understand the main ideas ofcomplextexton both concrete and abstract topics, including technical discussions in his/her field of specialisation.
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As one would expect, the mostcomplextexthas the lowest percentage of identical lineages: the longer the lineages are, the more elements there are in them which may disagree.
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Despite the criticism of the term 'balance', it is my belief that a balanced approach is a fundamental condition for such acomplextext.
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The highlycomplextextof the report does not include a clear statement of this kind.
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They have understood that the difficult balance reached on this technicallycomplextext, after so many years of discussion, should not be put in jeopardy.
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This is acomplextextand the procedure for review has also been complex.
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However, this rule of thumb does not apply to morecomplextextthat contain multiple images or illustrations, footnotes, running heads, folios, and captions.
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The concept appears to have originated in the study of philosophy and literature as a technique to more fully comprehend and appreciate acomplextext.
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The three general levels move from nondemanding contexts and simple texts, through moderately demanding and complex texts, to demanding contexts and complex texts.
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This interaction indicates that the difficulty in reading complex texts was greater in the pathology.
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Evaluation is recursive, allowing one to embed templates within a feature structure to express complex texts.
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Open challenges include increasing accuracy, more complete automation, and the ability to process more complex texts in a wide variety of domains.
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I can read with ease virtually all forms of the written language, including abstract, structurally or linguistically complex texts such as manuals, specialised articles and literary works.
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He then turns to another aspect, namely, stylistic variation and shows a relation, initially between lexically complex texts and the use of do and later the reverse.
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You're consequently reading complex texts too simplistically.
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This might impede the efforts of late talkers as they face the task of comprehending increasingly complex texts throughout the upper elementary and middle school years.
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Other students, such as those with special needs have difficulty reading and reviewing complex texts.
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