Confusion

  • 21CONFUSION — s. f. Désordre, mélange confus, embrouillement. Il se dit Des choses physiques et des choses morales. Il a tout brouillé, il a mis tout en confusion. Il y a bien de la confusion dans son cabinet. Cette nouvelle mit la confusion dans l armée,… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 22confusion — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, total, utter ▪ considerable, great ▪ mild, slight ▪ general …

    Collocations dictionary

  • 23CONFUSION — n. f. état de ce qui est confus. Il se dit des Choses physiques et des choses morales. Il a tout brouillé, il a mis tout en confusion. Cette nouvelle mit la confusion dans l’armée, augmenta la confusion qui régnait dans l’armée. La confusion se… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 24confusion — n. 1) to cause, create confusion 2) to clear up confusion 3) confusion arises; reigns 4) to throw into confusion (their unexpected arrival threw our plans into confusion) 5) complete, general, utter confusion 6) a scene; state of confusion (it… …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 25confusion — con|fu|sion [ kən fjuʒn ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a feeling that you do not understand something or cannot decide what to do: confusion about/over: There seems to be some confusion about who actually won. confusion as to: There was some confusion as …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 26confusion */*/ — UK [kənˈfjuːʒ(ə)n] / US [kənˈfjuʒ(ə)n] noun 1) [uncountable] a feeling that you do not understand something or cannot decide what to do confusion about/over: There seems to be some confusion about who actually won. confusion as to: There was some …

    English dictionary

  • 27confusion — con|fu|sion W3S3 [kənˈfju:ʒən] n 1.) [U and C] when you do not understand what is happening or what something means because it is not clear confusion about/over/as to ▪ There was some confusion as to whether we had won or lost. create/lead to… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 28Confusion — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Confusion », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) La confusion est l état de ce qui est confus …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 29confusion — noun (U) 1 a state of not understanding what is happening or what something means because it is not clear (+ about/over/as to): There was some confusion as to whether we had won or lost. | create/lead to confusion: This complicated situation has… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30confusion — [[t]kənfju͟ːʒ(ə)n[/t]] confusions 1) N VAR If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things. There s still confusion about the number of casualties... Omissions… …

    English dictionary