how to pronounce conflate

/kənˈflɛɪt/

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conflate is pronounced in two syllables

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kənflɛɪt

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An example use of conflate in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… right we start to conflate them that's …”

meanings of conflate

verb:

  1. To fail to properly distinguish or keep separate (things); to mistakenly treat (them) as equivalent.
  2. To mix together different elements.
  3. To bring (things) together and fuse (them) into a single entity.

adjective:

  1. Combining elements from multiple versions of the same text.

noun:

  1. A conflate text, one which conflates multiple version of a text together.

conflate frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word conflate occurs in english on average 0.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics conflate can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that conflate can be often used in the following areas:

1) business and work;

2) communication, information, and media;

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