conflate
verb /kənˈfleɪt/
/kənˈfleɪt/
(formal)Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they conflate | /kənˈfleɪt/ /kənˈfleɪt/ |
| he / she / it conflates | /kənˈfleɪts/ /kənˈfleɪts/ |
| past simple conflated | /kənˈfleɪtɪd/ /kənˈfleɪtɪd/ |
| past participle conflated | /kənˈfleɪtɪd/ /kənˈfleɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form conflating | /kənˈfleɪtɪŋ/ /kənˈfleɪtɪŋ/ |
- conflate A and/with B to put two or more things together to make one new thing
- The issues of race and class are separate and should not be conflated.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘fuse or melt down metal’): from Latin conflat- ‘kindled, fused’, from the verb conflare, from con- ‘together’ + flare ‘to blow’.