complicated structure

collocation in English

meaningsofcomplicatedandstructure

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complicated
adjective
uk
/ˈkɒm.plɪ.keɪ.tɪd/us
/ˈkɑːm.plə.keɪ.t̬ɪd/
involving a lot of different parts, in a way that is difficult ...
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structure
noun
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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(Definition ofcomplicatedandstructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Rather, it has a morecomplicatedstructure.
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This is another illustration of the morecomplicatedstructureof the asymmetric solutions.
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Thiscomplicatedstructuredivided erstwhile opponents of government action, but it also divided advocates.
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It is unknown how such acomplicatedstructureis incorporated into the pronuclear envelope.
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The set of characteristic points of a compact hypersurface may have acomplicatedstructure.
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First, a realistic market structure may require specifying acomplicatedstructureof clusters and rendering the resulting model analytically intractable.
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The cool sinking plumes impinging on the lower boundary show that the field-free regions have acomplicatedstructure.
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This is all a quitecomplicatedstructure.
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This is quite acomplicatedstructureat local level.
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It will make an alreadycomplicatedstructureeven more so.
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Such trailers produce a verycomplicatedstructureof spray.
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Many variants are possible, of course, including variants in which the motivations of the relevant agent are of a much morecomplicatedstructure.
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This may seem like acomplicatedstructureto set up, especially if it's never used; but lazy evaluation helps us here.
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Despite the morecomplicatedstructure, the mechanism of action of the secondary -gyres is exactly the same as that of the primary ones.
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Is i t inevitable that such acomplicatedstructurewill be required to account for irregularities encountered in numerical integration to separation in such circumstances?
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It is inevitable in the morecomplicatedstructureof government and society.
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It is not acomplicatedstructureto understand—it involves all those connected with parliamentary broadcasting.
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They have had to work in what turned out to be an undulycomplicatedstructure.
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Any scheme involving payments for beef must have acomplicatedstructureto prevent rigging and cheating.
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I do not wish to build a greatcomplicatedstructureof argument on a particular case.
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In any case, there is no need for all thiscomplicatedstructure.
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The first reason is that it has a verycomplicatedstructure.
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What we have at the moment is an immenselycomplicatedstructure.
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With the claim of simplifying, he is creating a much morecomplicatedstructure.
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If ever a domino theory were to operate, it would be in thatcomplicatedstructure.
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