/kənˈfjuːz/
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Translation
To make someone unable to think clearly or to understand something.
Word origin
From Latin confundere, meaning to pour together or to mix up.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- confundere
- English cognates
- confusion, confound
Grammar
Verb typeregular (confuse, confuses, confused)
Examples
alike, .
Here "confuse" means to take one for the other.
more .
"Confuse" means to stop someone thinking clearly.
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"Confused" is the past form of "confuse".
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