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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. [Latin cōnflāre, cōnflāt- : com-, com- + flāre, to blow; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.] 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 ncon•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
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I conflate | you conflate | he/she/it conflates | we conflate | you conflate | they conflate |
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I conflated | you conflated | he/she/it conflated | we conflated | you conflated | they conflated |
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I am conflating | you are conflating | he/she/it is conflating | we are conflating | you are conflating | they are conflating |
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I have conflated | you have conflated | he/she/it has conflated | we have conflated | you have conflated | they have conflated |
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I was conflating | you were conflating | he/she/it was conflating | we were conflating | you were conflating | they were conflating |
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I had conflated | you had conflated | he/she/it had conflated | we had conflated | you had conflated | they had conflated |
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I will conflate | you will conflate | he/she/it will conflate | we will conflate | you will conflate | they will conflate |
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I will have conflated | you will have conflated | he/she/it will have conflated | we will have conflated | you will have conflated | they will have conflated |
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I will be conflating | you will be conflating | he/she/it will be conflating | we will be conflating | you will be conflating | they will be conflating |
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I have been conflating | you have been conflating | he/she/it has been conflating | we have been conflating | you have been conflating | they have been conflating |
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I will have been conflating | you will have been conflating | he/she/it will have been conflating | we will have been conflating | you will have been conflating | they will have been conflating |
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I had been conflating | you had been conflating | he/she/it had been conflating | we had been conflating | you had been conflating | they had been conflating |
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I would conflate | you would conflate | he/she/it would conflate | we would conflate | you would conflate | they would conflate |
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I would have conflated | you would have conflated | he/she/it would have conflated | we would have conflated | you would have conflated | they would have conflated | ThesaurusVerb | 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 | Translationsconflate
Synonyms for conflateverb mix together different elementsSynonyms- coalesce
- fuse
- immix
- mix
- merge
- commingle
- flux
- blend
- meld
- combine
Related Words- change integrity
- gauge
- absorb
- meld
- melt
- mix in
- blend in
- accrete
- conjugate
- admix
- alloy
- syncretise
- syncretize
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