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How to pronounce “confound”

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Pronunciation guide for confound

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of confound with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: The shocking danger of mountaintop removal -- and why it must endare not the result of some unmeasured confound.
Definition summary: To perplex or puzzle.

Example 1 of 8

The shocking danger of mountaintop removal -- and why it must end

are not the result of some unmeasured confound.

[Verb]
To perplex or puzzle.
To stun or amaze.
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
(sometimes proscribed) To make something worse.
To combine in a confused fashion; to mingle so as to make the parts indistinguishable.
To cause to be ashamed; to abash.
To defeat, to frustrate, to thwart.
(dated) To damn (a mild oath).
(archaic) To destroy, ruin, or devastate; to bring to ruination.
[Noun]
(statistics) A confounding variable.

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