conflate

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Translations 1.3.3 References 1.4 Anagrams

[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

1541^[1]: from Latin cōnflātus, from cōnflō (“‘fuse, melt, or blow together’”); cōn (“‘with, together’”) + flō (“‘blow’”).

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /kənˈfleɪt/, /kɒnˈfleɪt/, SAMPA: /k@n"fleIt/
• (US) IPA: /kənˈfleɪt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -eɪt

[edit] Verb

to conflate (third-person singular simple present conflates, present participle conflating, simple past and past participle conflated)

1. To bring things together and fuse them into a single entity.

[edit] Synonyms

• (to bring together): fuse, meld

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[edit] References

• Notes:

1. ^ The Online Etymology Dictionary (2001)

[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: aceflnot
• falconet