Labyrinth
noun
A complex and confusing network of pathways or passages.
The mouse ran through the labyrinth in the science experiment.
Often appears as...
- navigate a labyrinth
- lost in the labyrinth
noun
A complicated and difficult problem or situation.
Trying to understand the tax system is like navigating a labyrinth.
Often appears as...
- labyrinth of rules
- labyrinth of policies
noun
A structure in the inner ear that contains the organs of hearing and balance.
A bacterial infection can cause inflammation in the labyrinth, leading to dizziness and hearing loss.
Often appears as...
- labyrinth infection
- labyrinth inflammation
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Technical
noun
A complex and confusing network of pathways or passages.
The mouse ran through the labyrinth in the science experiment.
Often appears as...
- navigate a labyrinth
- lost in the labyrinth
noun
A complicated and difficult problem or situation.
Trying to understand the tax system is like navigating a labyrinth.
Often appears as...
- labyrinth of rules
- labyrinth of policies
noun
A structure in the inner ear that contains the organs of hearing and balance.
A bacterial infection can cause inflammation in the labyrinth, leading to dizziness and hearing loss.
Often appears as...
- labyrinth infection
- labyrinth inflammation
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Space
Often refers to actual places designed to confuse, like mazes in gardens or games.
The castle's garden had a labyrinth that puzzled many visitors.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Though tricky, a labyrinth can be fun or intriguing, not just frustrating.
She enjoyed the challenge of solving the labyrinth.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Complexity
Can symbolize complexity and difficulty in literature or conversation.
Their relationship was a labyrinth of unspoken words and emotions.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Space
Often refers to actual places designed to confuse, like mazes in gardens or games.
The castle's garden had a labyrinth that puzzled many visitors.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Though tricky, a labyrinth can be fun or intriguing, not just frustrating.
She enjoyed the challenge of solving the labyrinth.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Complexity
Can symbolize complexity and difficulty in literature or conversation.
Their relationship was a labyrinth of unspoken words and emotions.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Space
Often refers to actual places designed to confuse, like mazes in gardens or games.
The castle's garden had a labyrinth that puzzled many visitors.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Negative
Though tricky, a labyrinth can be fun or intriguing, not just frustrating.
She enjoyed the challenge of solving the labyrinth.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Complexity
Can symbolize complexity and difficulty in literature or conversation.
Their relationship was a labyrinth of unspoken words and emotions.
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Video examples
A theory of everything PIPE...
Its characters are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it; without these, one is wandering around in a dark labyrinth." I believe this to be true, and I've tried to follow Galileo's guidance
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Modern Lives, Ancient...
when we were down they have just some spotlights on the entrance and walking around with a torch on your hand is like going in a labyrinth that doesn't lead you anywhere you know the farther down she went the more deeply she felt connected with one of
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What a digital...
And have I mentioned that I have not visited a state office for almost seven years? Indeed, one of the features of the modern life that has no reason to exist anymore, considering technological possibilities of today, is the labyrinth of bureaucracy.
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Stewart Brand: Building...
Then there's the point of embarkation, that is, the point of transition from ordinary life to being a pilgrim on a quest. Then -- this is a nice image of it, there's the labyrinth. The labyrinth is a concept, it's like a twilight zone,
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The Colorful,...
Many of you might be afraid of insects. We used to be afraid too. But as we learned more about these tiny, mighty beings, our fear turned into passion. The search for the praying mantis became a gateway into a labyrinth of wonders
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Re-writing laws to help...
are navigating illegal labyrinths it's through data-driven comparative analysis of state laws and policies as well as meeting with these survivors that I understood there's a huge but fixable problem my vision is simple fix the
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Underground Labyrinth Of...
home not much to see on the surface just a scattering of holes and heaps of soil but down below they dig a labyrinth an underground bunker that's been key to their success three stories deep extending over 60
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Infinity according to...
so there are some profound books, but also countless tomes of complete gibberish. The narrator has spent his entire life wandering this vast labyrinth of information in a possibly futile search for meaning.
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Gordon Ramsay Explores...
walled cities in the world. It feels like I've been transported back in time. Incredible and beautiful and confusing all at the same frickin' time. Man. GORDON This place is like a labyrinth.
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Swarm of Ants Flies For...
underground oasis this beetle has made its way down into the deeper recesses of the labyrinth
Video examples
A theory of everything PIPE...
Its characters are triangles, circles and other geometrical figures, without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it; without these, one is wandering around in a dark labyrinth." I believe this to be true, and I've tried to follow Galileo's guidance
Video examples
Modern Lives, Ancient...
when we were down they have just some spotlights on the entrance and walking around with a torch on your hand is like going in a labyrinth that doesn't lead you anywhere you know the farther down she went the more deeply she felt connected with one of
Video examples
What a digital...
And have I mentioned that I have not visited a state office for almost seven years? Indeed, one of the features of the modern life that has no reason to exist anymore, considering technological possibilities of today, is the labyrinth of bureaucracy.
Video examples
Stewart Brand: Building...
Then there's the point of embarkation, that is, the point of transition from ordinary life to being a pilgrim on a quest. Then -- this is a nice image of it, there's the labyrinth. The labyrinth is a concept, it's like a twilight zone,
Video examples
The Colorful,...
Many of you might be afraid of insects. We used to be afraid too. But as we learned more about these tiny, mighty beings, our fear turned into passion. The search for the praying mantis became a gateway into a labyrinth of wonders
Video examples
Re-writing laws to help...
are navigating illegal labyrinths it's through data-driven comparative analysis of state laws and policies as well as meeting with these survivors that I understood there's a huge but fixable problem my vision is simple fix the
Video examples
Underground Labyrinth Of...
home not much to see on the surface just a scattering of holes and heaps of soil but down below they dig a labyrinth an underground bunker that's been key to their success three stories deep extending over 60
Video examples
Infinity according to...
so there are some profound books, but also countless tomes of complete gibberish. The narrator has spent his entire life wandering this vast labyrinth of information in a possibly futile search for meaning.
Video examples
Gordon Ramsay Explores...
walled cities in the world. It feels like I've been transported back in time. Incredible and beautiful and confusing all at the same frickin' time. Man. GORDON This place is like a labyrinth.
Video examples
Swarm of Ants Flies For...
underground oasis this beetle has made its way down into the deeper recesses of the labyrinth
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Quote examples
Rob Manuel
Businessman
A Valley Without Wind' takes the idea of dungeon crawls and throws it on its head by casting you as a magic user in this 2D platforming labyrinth of a world. From NPC's to rescue, spells to learn, and a whole civilization you practically need to build back from scratch, this adventure takes to a new world where few other games dare to go.
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William Ernest Henley
English Poet
The life of Dumas is not only a monument of endeavour and success, it is a sort of labyrinth as well. It abounds in pseudonyms and disguises, in sudden and unexpected appearances and retreats as unexpected and sudden, in scandals and in rumours, in mysteries and traps and ambuscades of every kind.
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Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Spanish Novelist
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. It's a labyrinth of books with tunnels, bridges, arches, secret sections - and it's hidden inside an old palace in the old city of Barcelona.
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Brendan Myers
Canadian Philosopher
There is nothing natural, inevitable, or necessary about the labyrinth of fear. We can liberate ourselves. There are better ways to live. Someone has to take the initiative to love and trust her fellow living creature and set us all free.
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Guillermo del Toro
Mexican Director
Every movie, I complicate. I make the hard choices. I remember when I was pitching 'Pan's Labyrinth:' An anti-fascist fairy tale set in Civil War Spain, where the girl dies at the end. It's not easy.
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John Wesley Powell
American Explorer
You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it, you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths.
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Kate Herron
My least favorite word is 'Bank' because it's the worst underground station in London. It's terrible. I get lost in it all the time; like a labyrinth, and you just can't find your way out.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.
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Jeff Bridges
American Actor
With a labyrinth, you make a choice to go in - and once you've chosen, around and around you go. But you always find your way to the center.
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Norman Vincent Peale
American Clergyman
The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
Quote examples
Rob Manuel
Businessman
A Valley Without Wind' takes the idea of dungeon crawls and throws it on its head by casting you as a magic user in this 2D platforming labyrinth of a world. From NPC's to rescue, spells to learn, and a whole civilization you practically need to build back from scratch, this adventure takes to a new world where few other games dare to go.
Quote examples
William Ernest Henley
English Poet
The life of Dumas is not only a monument of endeavour and success, it is a sort of labyrinth as well. It abounds in pseudonyms and disguises, in sudden and unexpected appearances and retreats as unexpected and sudden, in scandals and in rumours, in mysteries and traps and ambuscades of every kind.
Quote examples
Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Spanish Novelist
The Cemetery of Forgotten Books is like the greatest, most fantastic library you could ever imagine. It's a labyrinth of books with tunnels, bridges, arches, secret sections - and it's hidden inside an old palace in the old city of Barcelona.
Quote examples
Brendan Myers
Canadian Philosopher
There is nothing natural, inevitable, or necessary about the labyrinth of fear. We can liberate ourselves. There are better ways to live. Someone has to take the initiative to love and trust her fellow living creature and set us all free.
Quote examples
Guillermo del Toro
Mexican Director
Every movie, I complicate. I make the hard choices. I remember when I was pitching 'Pan's Labyrinth:' An anti-fascist fairy tale set in Civil War Spain, where the girl dies at the end. It's not easy.
Quote examples
John Wesley Powell
American Explorer
You cannot see the Grand Canyon in one view, as if it were a changeless spectacle from which a curtain might be lifted, but to see it, you have to toil from month to month through its labyrinths.
Quote examples
Kate Herron
My least favorite word is 'Bank' because it's the worst underground station in London. It's terrible. I get lost in it all the time; like a labyrinth, and you just can't find your way out.
Quote examples
Victor Hugo
French Author
He, who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through a labyrinth of the most busy life.
Quote examples
Jeff Bridges
American Actor
With a labyrinth, you make a choice to go in - and once you've chosen, around and around you go. But you always find your way to the center.
Quote examples
Norman Vincent Peale
American Clergyman
The Gateway to Christianity is not through an intricate labyrinth of dogma, but by a simple belief in the person of Christ.
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