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Definition of conflate verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

conflate

verb

NAmE//kənˈfleɪt//

conflate A and/with B (formal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they conflate

he / she / it conflates

past simple conflated

-ing form conflating

to put two or more things together to make one new thing The issues of race and class are separate and should not be conflated.

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conflation

NAmE//kənˈfleɪʃn//

noun [uncountable, countable]See conflate in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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