conflate

con·flate

C0562800 (kən-flāt′)tr.v. con·flat·ed, con·flat·ing, con·flates 1. To bring together; meld or fuse: "The problems [with the biopic] include ... dates moved around, lovers deleted, many characters conflated into one" (Ty Burr).2. To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole.3. To fail to distinguish between; confuse. See Usage Note below.

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[Latin cōnflāre, cōnflāt- : com-, com- + flāre, to blow; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]

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con·fla′tion n.Usage Note: Traditionally, conflate means "To bring together; meld or fuse," as in the sentence I have trouble differentiating Jane Austen's heroines; I realized I had conflated Elizabeth Bennet and Emma Woodhouse into a single character in my mind. In our 2015 survey, 87 percent of the Usage Panelists accepted this traditional usage. Recently, a new sense for conflate has emerged, meaning "To mistake one thing for another," as if it were a synonym for confuse. In 2015, our usage panelists found this new sense to be marginally acceptable, with 55 percent accepting the sentence People often conflate the national debt with the federal deficit; when the senator talked about reducing the debt, he was actually referring to the deficit.

conflate

(kənˈfleɪt) vb (tr) to combine or blend (two things, esp two versions of a text) so as to form a whole[C16: from Latin conflāre to blow together, from flāre to blow] conˈflation n

con•flate

(kənˈfleɪt)

v.t. -flat•ed, -flat•ing. to fuse into one entity; merge; combine. [1600–10; < Latin conflāre to blow on, melt down]

conflate

Past participle: conflated
Gerund: conflating

Imperative
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Present
I conflate
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Preterite
I conflated
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Present Continuous
I am conflating
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Present Perfect
I have conflated
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Past Continuous
I was conflating
you were conflating
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Past Perfect
I had conflated
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Future
I will conflate
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Future Perfect
I will have conflated
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Future Continuous
I will be conflating
you will be conflating
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Present Perfect Continuous
I have been conflating
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Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been conflating
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Past Perfect Continuous
I had been conflating
you had been conflating
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Conditional
I would conflate
you would conflate
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we would conflate
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Past Conditional
I would have conflated
you would have conflated
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you would have conflated
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Thesaurus

Verb

1.

conflate - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"coalesce, fuse, immix, mix, merge, commingle, flux, blend, meld, combinechange integrity - change in physical make-upgauge - mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster"absorb - cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"meld, melt - lose its distinct outline or shape; blend gradually; "Hundreds of actors were melting into the scene"mix in, blend in - cause (something) to be mixed with (something else); "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts"accrete - grow together (of plants and organs); "After many years the rose bushes grew together"conjugate - unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compoundsadmix - mix or blend; "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils"alloy - make an alloy ofsyncretise, syncretize - become fused

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