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confiscation
nounC1
/ˌkɒnfɪˈskeɪʃn/The act of officially taking away someone's property with authority, often as a penalty or for legal reasons, without compensation.
confit
nounLow
/ˈkɒnfi/A method of preserving food, especially meat like duck, goose, or pork, by slowly cooking it in its own fat, then storing it in that same fat.
confiteor
nounC2
/kənˈfɪteɪɔː/The first person singular form of the Latin verb 'confiteor', meaning 'I confess'.
confiture
nounLow
/ˈkɒnfɪtʃʊə/A preparation of fruit, such as jam or preserve, made by cooking it with sugar.
conflagration
nounC1
/ˌkɒn.fləˈɡreɪ.ʃən/A very large and destructive fire.
conflate
verbverb-transitiveC1-C2
/kənˈfleɪt/To combine two or more separate ideas, things, or texts into a single one.
conflation
nounC1-C2
/kənˈfleɪ.ʃən/The action or result of merging two or more distinct ideas, concepts, texts, or pieces of information into one.
conflict
nounverbverb-intransitiveB1
Noun: /ˈkɒn.flɪkt/, Verb: /kənˈflɪkt/A serious disagreement, argument, or prolonged struggle, often involving opposing ideas, interests, or forces.
conflict diamond
nounC1
/ˈkɒn.flɪkt ˌdaɪ.mənd/A diamond mined in a war zone and sold to finance an insurgency, invading army's war efforts, or a warlord's activity.
conflict of interest
nounC1/C2
/ˈkɒn.flɪkt əv ˈɪn.trəst/A situation in which a person or organization's duty to make impartial decisions is compromised by a competing personal or professional interest.
conflict of laws
nounC2
/ˈkɒn.flɪkt əv lɔːz/A situation where two or more legal systems have a claim to regulate a single legal issue.
confliction
nounVery low
/kənˈflɪk.ʃən/The state, condition, or fact of being in conflict or opposition; a conflict.
confluence
nounC1
/ˈkɒn.flu.əns/A place where two or more rivers flow together; a flowing together.
confocal microscope
nounC2 (Very Low Frequency)
/ˌkɒnˈfəʊ.kəl ˈmaɪ.krə.skəʊp/A specialized optical microscope that uses point illumination and a pinhole to eliminate out-of-focus light, enabling high-resolution imaging of thick samples by optical sectioning.
conform
adjectiveverbverb-intransitive+1B2
/kənˈfɔːm/to comply with established rules, standards, or expectations
conformal projection
nounLow
/kənˌfɔːməl prəˈdʒɛkʃən/A map projection that preserves angles locally, meaning shapes of small areas are accurately represented.
conformance
nounC2
/kənˈfɔː.məns/The act or process of conforming; compliance or agreement with a standard, rule, or expectation.
conformation
nounC1-C2
/ˌkɒn.fɔːˈmeɪ.ʃən/The shape, structure, or arrangement of something; the way in which something is formed or organized.
conformational analysis
nounC2
/ˌkɒnfəˈmeɪʃənl əˈnæləsɪs/The study of the different shapes (conformations) a molecule can adopt by rotation around its single bonds, and the relative energies of these shapes.
conformist
adjectivenounC1
/kənˈfɔː.mɪst/A person who conforms to accepted behaviour or established practices.

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