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confounding

/kənˈfaʊndɪŋ/

confoundinggerundium / partizip präsens

/kənˈfaʊndɪŋ/

Used attributively and predicatively to describe something that confuses.

Übersetzungen

сбивающий с толку

The confounding results of the experiment left the scientists puzzled.

Сбивающие с толку результаты эксперимента оставили ученых в недоумении.

запутывающий

The confounding nature of the puzzle made it difficult to solve.

Запутывающий характер головоломки затруднял её решение.

Definitionen

Causing confusion or perplexity; bewildering.

The confounding instructions left everyone unsure of how to proceed.

Surprisingly complex or difficult to understand.

The confounding puzzle took hours to solve.

Synonyme

confoundingsubstantiv

/kənˈfaʊndɪŋ/

Uncountable term in statistics/epidemiology for distortion of effects.

Definitionen

The distortion of the observed relationship between an exposure and an outcome caused by the influence of a third variable.

Researchers adjusted their analysis to minimise confounding by socioeconomic status.

Synonyme

confounding variable

confoundverb

confounding

Gerundium

confounded

Präteritum

confounded

Partizip Perfekt

confounding

Gerundium

/kənˈfaʊnd/

Übersetzungen

сбивать с толку

The magician's trick confounded the audience.

Фокус мага сбил с толку зрителей.

путать

People often confound the two species.

Люди часто путают эти два вида.

опровергнуть

The new evidence confounded the previous theory.

Новые доказательства опровергли прежнюю теорию.

смущать

His sudden question confounded her.

Его внезапный вопрос смутил её.

ставить в тупик

His complicated explanation confounded me.

Его сложное объяснение поставило меня в тупик.

расстраиватьОбычно о планах, замыслах.

The sudden storm confounded our plans for a picnic.

Внезапная буря расстроила наши планы на пикник.

Zusätzliche Übersetzungen

смешиватьО смешении элементов так, что их трудно различить.

срыватьКнижн./устар.; чаще о планах, замыслах, надеждах.

посрамлятьКнижн./устар.

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

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

Definitionen

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

Confound! I left my wallet at home.

confoundadjektiv

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.