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How to pronounce “confuse”
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Pronunciation guide for confuse
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- Practice the English pronunciation of confuse with real speech in context.
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- Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide
People often confuse intelligence and consciousness,
- Definition summary
- (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
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How to pronounce confuse
Nationalism vs. globalism: the new political divide

People often confuse intelligence and consciousness,
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A Deep Dive Into “confuse”
Meaning
- [Verb]
- (transitive) to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand
- (transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
- (transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
- (transitive, dated) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
- (transitive, obsolete) To rout; discomfit.
- (intransitive) To be confused.
- [Adjective]
- (obsolete) Synonym of confused.
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