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/kənˈfound/,
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confounds, 3rd person singular present; confounded, past participle; confounding, present participle; confounded, past tense;
  1. Cause surprise or confusion in (someone), esp. by acting against their expectations
    • - the inflation figure confounded economic analysts
  2. Prove (a theory, expectation, or prediction) wrong
    • - the rise in prices confounded expectations
  3. Defeat (a plan, aim, or hope)
    • - we will confound these tactics by the pressure groups
  4. Overthrow (an enemy)

  5. Mix up (something) with something else so that the individual elements become difficult to distinguish
    • - 'nuke' is now a cooking technique, as microwave radiation is confounded with nuclear radiation
  1. (confound) confuse: be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"
  2. (confound) confuse: mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
  3. (Confound) In statistics, a confounding variable (also confounding factor, lurking variable, a confound, or confounder) is an extraneous variable in a statistical model that correlates (positively or negatively) with both the dependent variable and the independent variable. ...
  4. (confound) To confuse; to mix up; to puzzle; To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong; To make something worse; To cause to be ashamed; to abash; To defeat; To damn; To frustrate, to thwart; To bring to ruination
  5. (confound) An extraneous variable that may influence the results of an experiment.
  6. (confound) in experimental research, a situation where two variables change simultaneously, making it impossible to determine their relative influence.
  7. (confound) to cause one to become confused