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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another;
- Example: "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw"
[syn: confusion, mix-up]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

mix-up \mix-up\ n. a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another. Syn: confusion, confounding. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mix-up n 1: a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw" [syn: confusion, mix-up]