Confuse

  • 11confuse — 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

  • 12confuse — [[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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  • 13confuse — ● confus, confuse adjectif (latin confusus, de confundere, mélanger) Dont les éléments sont mal distincts ; désordonné, indistinct : Une rumeur confuse. Qui se manifeste à l esprit, aux sens, sans grande netteté, qu on a du mal à analyser, à… …

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  • 14confuse — 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) …

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  • 15confuse — 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

  • 16confuse — con|fuse [ kən fjuz ] verb transitive ** 1. ) to make someone feel that they do not understand something: If you don t explain clearly, you ll just confuse the reader. Customers are confused by the range of products for sale. 2. ) to make… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17confuse — 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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  • 18confuse — verb (T) 1 to make someone feel that they cannot think clearly or do not understand: Don t give me so much information you re confusing me! 2 to think wrongly that one person, thing, or idea etc is someone or something else: confuse sb/sth with:… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 19confuse — verb 1) don t confuse students with too much detail Syn: bewilder, baffle, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, confound; informal flummox, faze, stump, fox, discombobulate, bedazzle Ant: enlighten 2) …

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  • 20confuse — verb 1) don t confuse students with too much detail Syn: bewilder, baffle, mystify, bemuse, perplex, puzzle, nonplus; informal flummox, faze 2) the authors have confused the issue Syn: complicate, muddle …

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