Definition of conflate Conflate

/kʌnflejˈt/ - [kunfleyt] - con•flate

We found 7 definitions of conflate from 6 different sources.

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What does conflate mean?

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WordNet by Princeton University

Verb

conflate - mix together different elements; "The colors blend well"
  blend, flux, mix, commingle, immix, fuse, coalesce, meld, combine, merge
  change integrity change in physical make-up
  mix up, stump remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"
  gauge mix in specific proportions; "gauge plaster"
  absorb cause to become one with; "The sales tax is absorbed into the state income tax"
  meld, melt announce for a score; of cards in a card game
  blend in, mix in cause (something) to be mixed with (something else); "At this stage of making the cake, blend in the nuts"
  accrete grow or become attached by accretion; "The story accreted emotion"
  conjugate unite chemically so that the product is easily broken down into the original compounds
  admix mix or blend; "Hyaline casts were admixed with neutrophils"
  alloy make an alloy of
  syncretise, syncretize unite (beliefs or conflicting principles)
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • conflate (Verb)
    To bring things together and fuse them into a single entity.
  • conflate (Verb)
    To mix together different elements.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • conflate (v. t.)
    To blow together; to bring together; to collect; to fuse together; to join or weld; to consolidate.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • conflate
    To mix together different elements.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

  • conflate
    kon-flāt′, v.t. to blow together: to produce: to combine two variant readings of a text into one.—n. Conflā′tion. [L. conflatusconflāre, to blow together—con, and flāre, to blow.]

Part of speech

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  • conflate, verb, present, 1st person singular of conflate (infinitive).
  • conflate, verb (infinitive).

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