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  • 1confuse — v. (d; tr.) to confuse with (I always confuse him with his brother) * * * [kən fjuːz] (d; tr.) to confuse with (I always confuse him with his brother) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 2confuse — 1 Confuse, muddle, addle, fuddle, befuddle mean to throw one out mentally so that one cannot think clearly or act intelligently. Confuse usually implies intense embarrassment or bewilderment {you confuse me, and how can I transact business if I… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 3Confuse — Con*fuse , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Confused}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Confusing}.] 1. To mix or blend so that things can not be distinguished; to jumble together; to confound; to render indistinct or obscure; as, to confuse accounts; to confuse one s… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 4with science — To confuse (someone) with much complicated detail ● blind …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 5confuse — 01. Everyone [confuses] me for my sister because we look so much alike. 02. Some of the questions on the test were really [confusing] for me. 03. Some of the questions on the test really [confused] me. 04. I always get [confused] between the past …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 6confuse */*/ — UK [kənˈfjuːz] / US [kənˈfjuz] verb [transitive] Word forms confuse : present tense I/you/we/they confuse he/she/it confuses present participle confusing past tense confused past participle confused 1) to make someone feel that they do not… …

    English dictionary

  • 7confuse — [[t]kənfju͟ːz[/t]] confuses, confusing, confused 1) VERB If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one. [V pl n] Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects... [V n with n] I …

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  • 8confuse — con|fuse [kənˈfju:z] v [T] [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: confused] 1.) to make someone feel that they cannot think clearly or do not understand ▪ I understand the text but the diagrams are confusing me. 2.) to think wrongly that a person or thing is… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 9confuse — confusable, adj. confusability, n. confusably, adv. confusedly /keuhn fyooh zid lee, fyoohzd /, adv. confusedness, n. /keuhn fyoohz /, v.t., confused, confusing. 1. to pe …

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  • 10confuse — verb 1 make sb unable to think clearly; make sth unclear ADVERB ▪ completely, really, thoroughly, totally, utterly ▪ Seeing the two of them together totally confused me. ▪ slightly …

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