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Rareconflates
The correct spelling is conflates.
How to pronounce conflates
verb
Say it like: Con-fla-tes
The correct spelling is conflates. To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity. For example: "“Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.”"
Usage Examples
““Bacon was Lord Chancellor of England and the first European to experiment with gunpowder.” — “No, you are conflating Francis Bacon and Roger Bacon.””
Definition
verb
- 1.To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.
- 2.To mix together different elements.
- 3.(by extension) To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
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