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confluent

[ kon-floo-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. flowing or running together; blending into one:

    confluent rivers;

    confluent ideas.

  2. Pathology.
    1. running together:

      confluent efflorescences.

    2. characterized by confluent efflorescences:

      confluent smallpox.



noun

  1. one of two or more confluent streams.
  2. a tributary stream.

ˈDzԴڱܱԳ

/ ˈɒԴڱʊəԳ /

adjective

  1. flowing together or merging
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a stream that flows into another, usually of approximately equal size
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of confluent1

First recorded in 1425–75; late Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin confluent-, stem of DzԴڱŧԲ “flowing together”; equivalent to con- + fluent
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of confluent1

C17: from Latin DzԴڱŧԲ, from confluere to flow together, from fluere to flow
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In contrast, Americans have viewed this year’s confluent catastrophes of a deadly pandemic and economic nosedive through a political and cultural kaleidoscope, with little sense of collective grief or sacrifice.

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“At some point, we’re going to have a confluent epidemic in the U.S.,”

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And unlike other links, which offer an array of difficulty, Shinnecock's layout is confluent, each hole as hard as the last.

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There are, of course, many confluent factors – bias, rampant harassment, lack of mentorship – that contribute to this widening gap, but one stands out: caregiving.

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The confluent streams of inquiry function as a parallel, related, pool of ideas, which may or may not be useful to a person sitting in the darkened theater.

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