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• cause confusion — index disrupt, embarrass, perturb Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• confusion — [ kɔ̃fyzjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1080 « ruine, défaite »; lat. confusio → confus I ♦ (déb. XIIe) Trouble qui résulte de la honte, de l humiliation, d un excès de pudeur ou de modestie. ⇒ embarras, gêne, 2. trouble. Rougir de confusion. Remplir qqn de… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• CONFUSION MENTALE — Le trouble profond de la conscience qui caractérise l’état confusionnel se manifeste en clinique par un syndrome global qui traduit l’altération des fonctions perceptives et des synthèses mentales et qui comporte les traits suivants: obnubilation …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• confusion — 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

• confusion — (kon fu zion ; en poésie, de quatre syllabes) s. f. 1°   État de ce qui est confondu, pêle mêle, indistinct. Il n y a point eu de confusion à cette fête malgré l affluence. •   Il est vrai, monseigneur, que je n ai jamais aimé la confusion ni le… …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

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

• confusion — 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

• confusion */*/ — 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

• cause — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sb/sth that makes sth happen ADJECTIVE ▪ real, root, true, underlying ▪ the root cause of the problem ▪ deeper ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• cause — cause1 W1S2 [ko:z US ko:z] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: Latin causa] 1.) a person, event, or thing that makes something happen →↑effect cause of ▪ Breast cancer is the leading cause of death for American women in their forties.… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• cause */*/*/ — I UK [kɔːz] / US [kɔz] noun Word forms cause : singular cause plural causes 1) [countable] an event, thing, or person that makes something happen The major cause of these accidents is drivers going too fast. an essay on the causes of the First… …   English dictionary