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confound in Dutch

confound in Dutch is verwarren, verslaan — confound means to completely puzzle or baffle someone.

confound in Dutch

verwarren
verb
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
verslaan
verb
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.

What does "confound" mean?

  1. verb To completely puzzle or baffle someone.
    "The magician's trick confounded the entire audience."
  2. verb To mix up or fail to distinguish between two things.
    "It's easy to confound correlation with causation in statistics."
  3. verb To defeat or ruin someone's plans.
    "Her clever counter-argument confounded his whole strategy."
  4. noun In statistics, a variable that distorts the apparent relationship between two other variables (a "confounding variable").
    "Age turned out to be a confound the researchers hadn't controlled for."
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confound in a sentence

  • The magician's trick confounded the entire audience.
  • Economists were confounded by the sudden market crash.
  • It's easy to confound correlation with causation in statistics.
  • Her clever counter-argument confounded his whole strategy.

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What is "confound" in Dutch?

"confound" in Dutch is verwarren, verslaan. confound means: To completely puzzle or baffle someone.

How do you use "confound" in a sentence?

Example: "The magician's trick confounded the entire audience." In Dutch, "confound" is verwarren, verslaan.

Are there other ways to say "confound" in Dutch?

Yes — Dutch has 2 translations listed for "confound": verwarren, verslaan.

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