📖 C — The English dictionary · page 62

confrontation — Everyday, meaning 1: A confrontation is an angry argument or fight between people or groups who disagree.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A confrontation is a meeting where someone faces a person or problem directly, for example to talk about something wrong.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) Confrontation is the act of facing up to danger or a difficult situation.↗ Example: Sam wanted to avoid a confrontation with the older boys.↗ · The story ends with a confrontation between the knight and the dragon.↗ · There was a confrontation between fans after the match.↗ · The teacher had a calm confrontation with the boy about the broken window.↗ · Walking away from a confrontation can be the bravest choice.↗ · The protest ended in a confrontation with police.↗

confucianism — Everyday, meaning 1: A way of thinking and living based on the teachings of Confucius, a Chinese teacher who lived about 2,500 years ago; it stresses kindness, honesty, good manners, education and respect for parents, elders and rulers.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The tradition of schools, rituals and books that grew from these teachings in China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam.↗ Example: Confucianism teaches that children should respect and care for their parents.↗ · Confucius said, «Do not do to others what you would not want them to do to you».↗ · For centuries, Confucianism shaped schools and government in China.↗ · Our RE class compared Confucianism and Daoism.↗ · Confucianism values learning, so exams were very important in old China.↗ · Many families in East Asia still follow Confucian customs at New Year.↗

confuse — Everyday, meaning 1: To confuse someone is to make them unable to understand or think clearly: «The instructions confused me.».↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To confuse two things is to mix them up and think one is the other: «I always confuse the twins.».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To confuse a situation is to make it more complicated or unclear.↗ Example: The long question confused me.↗ · I always confuse «there» and «their».↗ · Don't confuse a centipede with a millipede.↗ · The new road signs confused the drivers.↗ · People often confuse the twins.↗ · The magician confused the audience with his trick.↗ · I got confused and went to the wrong classroom.↗ · If you are confused, ask the teacher to explain again.↗ · ‘You confuse the names, Sire,’ said the page hastily.↗ ‘I come on behalf of the Princess Turritella.’↗ · This is certainly an editorial error, confusing a Chet for a Taw.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation)↗

confused — Everyday, meaning 1: Not able to understand something or think clearly; not sure what is happening or what to do.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Mixed up or unclear: a confused story.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: As a verb, mixed up two things, thinking one was the other.↗ e.g. I confused the twins.↗ Example: I'm confused about how to do long division.↗ · He looked confused when I spoke French.↗ · Don't get confused between "their" and "there".↗ · She confused salt with sugar and the cake tasted awful!↗ · Grandma got confused after she fell, so we called an ambulance.↗ · The new rules confused everyone.↗ · The puppy looked confused by its reflection.↗ · Ask the teacher if you are confused.↗ · The smith was quite confused; he knew nothing about any funeral.↗ · Heh or He, H, must not be confused with Cheth, or Heth, Ch.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · must not be confused with Zain, Z ; and lastly Qoph, Q is very often replaced by K, which is hardly defensible as there is a true K in addition. '↗ 44.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Later cosmogonists, such as Ovid, represent it as the confused, shapless mass, out of which the universe was formed into a cosmos, or harmonious order.↗ (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗ · Thine eyes shall behold strange things, and thy heart shall utter confused things.↗ (Writings PRO.23.33, JPS 1917)↗ · But these also reel through wine, and stagger through strong drink; the priest and the prophet reel through strong drink, they are confused because of wine, they stagger because of strong drink; they reel in vision, they totter in judgment.↗ (Prophets ISA.28.7, JPS 1917)↗

confusion — Everyday, meaning 1: Confusion is the feeling of not understanding something or not knowing what to do.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Confusion is a messy state where things are mixed up and nobody knows what is happening.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: Confusion is mistaking one person or thing for another.↗ Example: There was some confusion about the time of the match.↗ · She stared at the map in confusion.↗ · To avoid confusion, write your name on your lunch box.↗ · In all the confusion, I left my coat on the bus.↗ · The two words sound the same, which causes confusion.↗ · After he hit his head, his confusion worried the coach.↗ · The fire drill ended in noise and confusion.↗ · Ask your teacher if the question fills you with confusion.↗ · The confusion spread wider and wider.↗ · It is necessary to avoid confusion between these letters ; different authors translate them in different manners.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · A separate consideration of the several parts should follow this general grasp of the subject, else much confusion may result.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.↗ (Writings PSA.69.8, JPS 1917)↗ · He that giveth answer before he heareth, it is folly and confusion unto him.↗ (Writings PRO.18.13, JPS 1917)↗ · Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; mine adversaries are all before Thee.↗ (Writings PSA.69.20, JPS 1917)↗

congealed — In Jewish tradition, meaning 1: became thick and solid, as a liquid does when it sets.↗ Example: And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were piled up — the floods stood upright as a heap; the deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.↗ (Torah EXO.15.8, JPS 1917)↗ · The waters are congealed like stone, and the face of the deep is frozen.↗ (Writings JOB.38.30, JPS 1917)↗

congee — Everyday, meaning 1: A thick, soft rice porridge made by cooking rice in lots of water for a long time, eaten across China and East and South-East Asia, often for breakfast or when someone is ill.↗ Example: Grandma made me a bowl of congee when I had a cold.↗ · In Hong Kong, many people eat congee for breakfast.↗ · We topped the congee with spring onions and soy sauce.↗ · Congee is rice cooked with lots of water until it is very soft.↗ · My friend's family eats congee with pickles and a salted egg.↗ · The café sells chicken and ginger congee.↗

conger — Everyday, meaning 1: A large sea eel with grey or black skin, living in rocky places and wrecks in the sea around Europe and elsewhere; it can grow longer than a tall man.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Its flesh as food.↗ Example: A huge conger lived in the old shipwreck.↗ · The divers saw a conger eel peeping from a hole in the rock.↗ · The Mock Turtle's drawling-master was an old conger-eel.↗ · Fishermen caught a conger as long as the boat.↗ · A conger is a fish, not a snake.↗ · Congers come out at night to hunt.↗

congestion — Everyday, meaning 1: Too many cars or people in one place, so movement is slow, like traffic congestion.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A blocked feeling in the nose or chest from a cold, with too much mucus.↗ Example: There was heavy congestion on the motorway.↗ · London has a congestion charge to cut traffic.↗ · Bikes and buses can help reduce congestion.↗ · I have a cold with nasal congestion.↗ · The steam helped clear my congestion.↗ · Congestion at the school gate makes it unsafe.↗

conglomerate — Everyday, meaning 1: (money, business) A big company made up of many different businesses that sell different things.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (science, geology) A kind of rock made of rounded pebbles and stones stuck together by finer material, like natural concrete.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A mass of different things gathered together.↗ Example: Conglomerate rock looks like pebbles glued together.↗ · The conglomerate owns a TV channel, a bank and a cereal brand.↗ · We found a piece of conglomerate on the beach.↗ · Rounded pebbles in conglomerate were shaped by water.↗ · The big conglomerate bought the toy company.↗ · The cliffs are made of conglomerate and sandstone.↗ · At first this temple was built of wood, then of stone, and the one lately discovered was formed of conglomerate of shells.↗

congo — Everyday, meaning 1: The Congo is a great river in central Africa, the second-longest in Africa and the deepest river in the world.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Congo is part of the names of two countries beside it: the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC, with capital Kinshasa) and the Republic of the Congo (capital Brazzaville).↗ Everyday, meaning 3: The Congo Basin rainforest is the second-largest rainforest on Earth, after the Amazon.↗ Example: The Congo River flows through the rainforest.↗ · The Congo is the deepest river in the world.↗ · Bonobos live only in the Congo rainforest.↗ · Kinshasa is the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.↗ · The Congo rainforest is second only to the Amazon in size.↗ · Metals for phone batteries are mined in the Congo.↗ · Two countries have «Congo» in their names.↗

congratulate — Everyday, meaning 1: To congratulate someone means to tell them you are pleased about their success, good luck or happy event: we congratulated her on winning.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To congratulate yourself means to feel pleased with yourself for something you did.↗ Example: We congratulated Mia on winning the spelling bee.↗ · Our team congratulated the winners after the match.↗ · The head teacher congratulated the whole class.↗ · I congratulated my aunt on her new baby.↗ · Congratulations on passing your swimming test!↗ · He congratulated himself on finishing the puzzle.↗ · "To my lord Marquis of Carabas," replied the reapers; and the King again congratulated the Marquis.↗

congratulation — Everyday, meaning 1: Congratulations: words you say to show you are happy for someone who has done well or had good news.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Congratulations! — an exclamation said to someone on their success or happy event.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal, singular) The act of congratulating someone: «a letter of congratulation».↗ Example: Congratulations on winning the spelling bee!↗ · Congratulations to Year 5 for the best attendance this term.↗ · Please give my congratulations to your sister on her new baby.↗ · We all signed a card of congratulation for our teacher's wedding.↗ · The head teacher read out a list of congratulations in assembly.↗ · "I passed my swimming test!" "↗ Congrats, that's brilliant!"↗ · Oh, congratulations, you've spilt juice on the homework again (sarcastic).↗ · The mayor sent a letter of congratulation to the winning team.↗

congratulations — Everyday, meaning 1: «Congratulations!» is what you say to someone to show you are happy about their success or good news.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Congratulations are words or messages that praise someone for something good they did or that happened to them.↗ Example: Congratulations on winning the spelling bee!↗ · Congratulations to everyone who finished the fun run.↗ · We sent a card with our congratulations to the new parents.↗ · «I passed my swimming test!»↗ «Congratulations!»↗ · The head teacher gave her congratulations to the choir.↗ · Grandpa phoned to offer his congratulations.↗ · Congratulations, you solved the hardest puzzle!↗ · Say congratulations to the other team, even when you lose.↗ · The next day, the king came with the whole court to offer their congratulations, and stayed till quite late.↗

congregate — Everyday, meaning 1: To come together and form a group or crowd in one place.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) To gather for worship.↗ Example: Pupils congregated around the noticeboard to see the results.↗ · Starlings congregate in huge flocks in the evening.↗ · People congregated in the square for the celebration.↗ · Elephants congregate at the waterhole in the dry season.↗ · The faithful congregated in the church for Easter.↗ · Please don't congregate in the corridors.↗

congregating — Everyday, meaning 1: Congregating means gathering together in a group or crowd in one place.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) People congregating in a church are coming together to worship; the group is a «congregation».↗ Example: Birds were congregating on the telephone wires before flying south.↗ · Pupils were congregating near the school gates.↗ · Penguins are congregating on the ice to keep warm.↗ · People were congregating outside the church for the wedding.↗ · Fans are congregating in the square before the match.↗ · Please stop congregating in the doorway.↗

congregation — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) A congregation is the group of people gathered in a church, synagogue or mosque for worship.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: The members of a particular church or religious community.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) Any gathering of people or animals.↗ Example: The congregation sang a hymn together.↗ · The vicar welcomed the congregation.↗ · Our church has a small but friendly congregation.↗ · The rabbi spoke to the congregation in the synagogue.↗ · The congregation stood up when the bride came in.↗ · The whole congregation said «Amen».↗ · A congregation of seagulls gathered on the beach.↗ · The congregation sat in cushioned seats, and sang out of their Prayer-Books.↗ · All the congregation of Israel shall keep it.↗ (Torah EXO.12.47, JPS 1917)↗ · Moses commanded us a law, an inheritance of the congregation of Jacob.↗ (Torah DEU.33.4, JPS 1917)↗ · and assemble thou all the congregation at the door of the tent of meeting.'↗ (Torah LEV.8.3, JPS 1917)↗ · And all the congregation murmured against the princes.↗ (Prophets JOS.9.18, JPS 1917)↗ · Therefore hear, ye nations, and know, O congregation, what is against them.↗ (Prophets JER.6.18, JPS 1917)↗ · The whole congregation together was forty and two thousand three hundred and threescore, (Writings EZR.2.64, JPS 1917)↗

congregational — Everyday, meaning 1: (church) To do with a congregation: the people who gather in a church for worship.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (church) Congregational churches are Protestant churches where each local church runs itself, with its members choosing their own minister.↗ Example: The congregational singing filled the chapel.↗ · Our village has a Congregational church.↗ · In Congregational churches, the members choose their minister.↗ · The hymn was sung by the whole congregation — congregational singing.↗ · The Pilgrims of the Mayflower founded congregational churches.↗ · The congregational meeting decided to repair the roof.↗

congress — Everyday, meaning 1: (Congress, US) The group of people elected to make laws in the USA, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A large formal meeting of representatives from many groups or countries: a medical congress.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A law-making body in some other countries.↗ Example: Congress meets in the Capitol building in Washington, D.C.↗ · The new law was passed by Congress.↗ · A member of Congress visited our school.↗ · Doctors from many countries met at an international congress.↗ · Congress has two parts: the Senate and the House of Representatives.↗ · The UK has Parliament instead of Congress.↗ · On the wall hung a large colored print, representing the congress of Vienna, and all the kings and emperors at once.↗ · At the International Mathematical Congress held in Paris in 1900, Cantor suggested that zero was pro- bably in use among the Babylonians as early as 1700 B. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))↗