confound
IPA: kɑnfˈaʊnd
noun
- (statistics) A confounding variable.
verb
- To perplex or puzzle.
- To stun or amaze.
- To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
- (sometimes proscribed) To make something worse.
- To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
- To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
- To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
- (dated) To damn (a mild oath).
- (archaic) To destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination.
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Examples of "confound" in Sentences
- This must confound people.
- But does the diagram confound the understanding
- No need to confound the site with the Oracle per se.
- The morose and pensive expression of the romantically confounded.
- ISBNs confound the physical manifestation and the textual content.
- That avoids confounding the flux calculation and the current paths.
- The mistake is to confound the key length and the number of elements.
- It is a mistake to confound the similar verses as having the same meaning.
- The article seems to confound the two concepts of experimentation and DoE.
- The database is amongst the most confounded and patchy in medical science.