Sunday, February 23, 2014

CONFLATE

WORD: CONFLATE

MEANING:
1. To bring together; meld or fuse: ""The problems [with the biopic] include . . . dates moved around, lovers deleted, many characters conflated into one"" (Ty Burr).
2. To combine (two variant texts, for example) into one whole.
3. Combine two or more texts, ideas, etc. into one.

EXAMPLE/USAGE:
1. Their ideas were conflated in ways that were not helpful

PRONOUNCE:
con·flate - कन्फ्लैट / कान्फ्लेट

LINK: CONFLATE

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