Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - confusion
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Confusion
confusion
(confusions) 1. If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things. There’s still confusion about the number of casualties... Omissions in my recent article must have caused confusion. N-VAR 2. Confusion is a situation in which everything is in disorder, especially because there are lots of things happening at the same time. There was confusion when a man fired shots... N-UNCOUNT 3. see also confuse
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1.
noun Date: 14th century 1. an act or instance of confusing ~ of the issue 2. a. the quality or state of being confused try to relieve their ~ b. a confused mass or mixture a ~ of voices • ~al adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
2.
n. 1 a the act of confusing (the confusion of fact and fiction). b an instance of this; a misunderstanding (confusions arise from a lack of communication). 2 a the result of confusing; a confused state; disorder (thrown into confusion by his words; trampled in the confusion of battle). b (foll. by of) a disorderly jumble (a confusion of ideas). 3 a civil commotion (confusion broke out at the announcement). b an instance of this. Etymology: ME f. OF confusion or L confusio (as confuse) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
3.
сущ. 1) замешательство 2) беспорядок, путаница, неразбериха 3) общественные беспорядки CONFUSION смешение ...Англо-русский Русско-английский экономический словарь
4.
1. смущение, замешательство to put smb. to confusion —- привести кого-л. в замешательство this event threw the household into utter confusion —- это событие привело в смятие весь дом 2. беспорядок to leave one's papers in confusion —- оставить бумаги в беспорядке 3. путаница, неразбериха; смешение confusion of thoughts —- путаница мыслей confusion of sounds —- смешение звуков he remained calm in the confusion of battle —- он сохранял спокойствие в хаосе битвы 4. недоразумение there was some confusion about tickets —- произошло недоразумение с билетами; кто-то перепутал билеты 5. психол. крайнее волнение; потеря ориентации; частичное затемнение сознания 6. общественные беспорядки, волнения 7. библ. смешение языков Id: confusion worse confounded —- сплошная неразбериха, полный хаос ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
5.
noun 1) смущение 2) смятение, замешательство 3) беспорядок 4) путаница, неразбериха ...Англо-русский словарь
6.
~ n 1 a state of not understanding what is happening or what something means because it is not clear + about/over/as to (There was some confusion as to whether we had won or lost. | create/lead to confusion) (This complicated situation has led to considerable confusion.) 2 a situation in which someone wrongly thinks that one person, thing, or idea is someone or something else (To avoid confusion, the teams wore different colours.) + between (confusion between `tax avoidance' and `tax evasion') 3 a feeling of not being able to think clearly what you should say or do, especially in an embarrassing situation (His confusion at meeting her there was quite apparent. | in confusion) (She stopped in confusion as everyone turned to look at her.) 4 a very confusing situation, usually with a lot of noise and action, so that it is difficult to understand or control (a scene of indescribable confusion) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
7.
- c.1300, from O.Fr. confusion, from L. confusionem, from confundere Originally used as pp. of confound. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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