Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - confuse
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Confuse
confuse
~ v 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) (I always confuse you with your sister - you look so alike. | Donald Reagan, not to be confused with former President Ronald Reagan) 3 confuse the issue/matter/argument etc to make it even more difficult to think clearly about a situation or problem or to deal with it (He kept asking unnecessary questions which only confused the issue.)
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(confuses, confusing, confused) 1. If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one. Great care is taken to avoid confusing the two types of projects... I can’t see how anyone could confuse you with another! VERB: V pl-n, V n with n • confusion Use different colours of felt pen on your sketch to avoid confusion. N-UNCOUNT 2. To confuse someone means to make it difficult for them to know exactly what is happening or what to do. German politics surprised and confused him. VERB: V n 3. To confuse a situation means to make it complicated or difficult to understand. To further confuse the issue, there is an enormous variation in the amount of sleep people feel happy with. VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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transitive verb (~d; confusing) Etymology: back-formation from Middle English ~d frustrated, ruined, from Anglo-French confus, from Latin confusus, past participle of confundere Date: 14th century 1. archaic to bring to ruin 2. a. to make embarrassed ; abash b. to disturb in mind or purpose ; throw off 3. a. to make indistinct ; blur stop confusing the issue b. to mix indiscriminately ; jumble c. to fail to differentiate from an often similar or related other ~ money with comfort • confusingly adverb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. 1 a disconcert, perplex, bewilder. b embarrass. 2 mix up in the mind; mistake (one for another). 3 make indistinct (that point confuses the issue). 4 (as confused adj.) mentally decrepit. 5 (often as confused adj.) throw into disorder (a confused jumble of clothes). Derivatives confusedly adv. confusing adj. confusingly adv. Etymology: 19th-c. back-form. f. confused (14th c.) f. OF confus f. L confusus: see confound ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. смущать, приводить в замешательство to confuse a pupil by difficult questions —- смутить ученика трудными вопросами 2. смешивать, спутывать to confuse two authors of the same name —- спутать двух писателей с одинаковой фамилией to confuse two words of similar spelling —- спутать два слова с одинаковым написанием to confuse money with happiness —- отождествлять богатство и счастье 3. запутывать, усложнять stop confusing the issue —- перестаньте запутывать вопрос ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v. 1) смешивать, спутывать (with) he must have confuseed me with somebody else - он должно быть принял меня за другого 2) производить беспорядок; приводить в беспорядок; создавать путаницу 3) приводить в замешательство, смущать; сбивать с толку (with) The teacher confused the student with too many questions. My mind is made up; dont confuse me with facts. 4) помрачать сознание Syn: bewilder, confound, dumbfound, nonplus Ant: clarify, encourage, hearten, help, reassure ...Англо-русский словарь
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