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confound

/kənˈfaʊnd/

confoundverb

confounded

Präteritum

confounded

Partizip Perfekt

confounding

Gerundium

/kənˈfaʊnd/

Übersetzungen

démentirEn parlant d’une théorie, d’une attente ou d’une prévision.

The scientist's new findings confound the previous hypothesis.

Les nouvelles découvertes du scientifique démentent l’hypothèse précédente.

déconcerter

The magician's tricks confound the audience every time.

Les tours du magicien déconcentrent le public à chaque fois.

confondre

Do not confound correlation with causation.

Il ne faut pas confondre corrélation et causalité.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

ruinerSens archaïque.

Definitionen

To cause surprise or confusion in someone, especially by acting against their expectations.

The magician's tricks confound the audience every time.

To confuse or mix up (a person, thing, or idea) with another; to fail to distinguish correctly between two things.

Do not confound correlation with causation.

To prove a theory, expectation, or prediction wrong.

The scientist's new findings confound the previous hypothesis.

Archaic: To defeat, overthrow, or bring to ruin (plans, hopes, or an enemy); to thwart.

May their evil schemes be confounded before they come to fruition.

Synonyme

confoundsubstantiv

confounds

Pl.

Used in experimental design and statistics to mean a confounding factor.

Übersetzungen

facteur de confusionStatistiques et méthodologie.

Failure to control for temperature was a major confound in the results.

Le fait de ne pas contrôler la température a constitué un important facteur de confusion dans les résultats.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

variable confondanteTerme de statistique ; plus précisément, une variable susceptible de biaiser l’interprétation.

Definitionen

An extraneous factor that obscures or distorts the causal relationship between variables in an experiment or study.

Failure to control for temperature was a major confound in the results.

confoundinterjektion

/kənˈfaʊnd/

Archaic/mild oath usage: “Confound!” used to express annoyance or frustration.

Übersetzungen

bon sangExclamation familière exprimant l’agacement ou la surprise.

Confound! I left my wallet at home.

Bon sang ! J’ai laissé mon portefeuille à la maison.

Definitionen

Used as a mild exclamation to express annoyance, anger, or surprise.

Confound! I left my wallet at home.

confoundadjektiv

Technical/attributive use of the noun ‘confound’ as a modifier (noun adjunct), e.g. ‘a confound variable’.

Übersetzungen

confondantStatistiques et design expérimental.

Age was treated as a confound variable in the regression model.

L’âge a été traité comme une variable confondante dans le modèle de régression.

Definitionen

Serving as a confounding factor; likely to distort or obscure interpretation (especially in statistics/experimental design).

Age was treated as a confound variable in the regression model.