confuses

Verb

confuse (third-person singular simple present confuses, present participle confusing, simple past and past participle confused)

1. (transitive) To puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand.
   • It confused me when I went to the office and nobody was there, but then I realised it was Sunday.
2. (transitive) To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
   • People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
3. (transitive) To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
   • The dense fog utterly confused traffic on the highway.
4. (dated, transitive) To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
5. (obsolete, transitive) To rout; discomfit.
6. (intransitive) To be confused.

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