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Meaning of "bemuse" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BEMUSE

bemuse  [bɪˈmjuːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BEMUSE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bemuse is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb bemuse in English.

WHAT DOES BEMUSE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bemuse in the English dictionary

The definition of bemuse in the dictionary is to confuse; bewilder.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO BEMUSE

PRESENT

Present
I bemuse
you bemuse
he/she/it bemuses
we bemuse
you bemuse
they bemuse
Present continuous
I am bemusing
you are bemusing
he/she/it is bemusing
we are bemusing
you are bemusing
they are bemusing
Present perfect
I have bemused
you have bemused
he/she/it has bemused
we have bemused
you have bemused
they have bemused
Present perfect continuous
I have been bemusing
you have been bemusing
he/she/it has been bemusing
we have been bemusing
you have been bemusing
they have been bemusing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I bemused
you bemused
he/she/it bemused
we bemused
you bemused
they bemused
Past continuous
I was bemusing
you were bemusing
he/she/it was bemusing
we were bemusing
you were bemusing
they were bemusing
Past perfect
I had bemused
you had bemused
he/she/it had bemused
we had bemused
you had bemused
they had bemused
Past perfect continuous
I had been bemusing
you had been bemusing
he/she/it had been bemusing
we had been bemusing
you had been bemusing
they had been bemusing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will bemuse
you will bemuse
he/she/it will bemuse
we will bemuse
you will bemuse
they will bemuse
Future continuous
I will be bemusing
you will be bemusing
he/she/it will be bemusing
we will be bemusing
you will be bemusing
they will be bemusing
Future perfect
I will have bemused
you will have bemused
he/she/it will have bemused
we will have bemused
you will have bemused
they will have bemused
Future perfect continuous
I will have been bemusing
you will have been bemusing
he/she/it will have been bemusing
we will have been bemusing
you will have been bemusing
they will have been bemusing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would bemuse
you would bemuse
he/she/it would bemuse
we would bemuse
you would bemuse
they would bemuse
Conditional continuous
I would be bemusing
you would be bemusing
he/she/it would be bemusing
we would be bemusing
you would be bemusing
they would be bemusing
Conditional perfect
I would have bemuse
you would have bemuse
he/she/it would have bemuse
we would have bemuse
you would have bemuse
they would have bemuse
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been bemusing
you would have been bemusing
he/she/it would have been bemusing
we would have been bemusing
you would have been bemusing
they would have been bemusing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you bemuse
we let´s bemuse
you bemuse
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to bemuse
Past participle
bemused
Present Participle
bemusing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BEMUSE


abuse
əˈbjuːz
accuse
əˈkjuːz
amuse
əˈmjuːz
confuse
kənˈfjuːz
cornemuse
ˈkɔːnɪˌmjuːz
diffuse
dɪˈfjuːz
dues
djuːz
excuse
ɪkˈskjuːz
fuse
fjuːz
Hughes
hjuːz
Matthews
ˈmæθjuːz
mews
mjuːz
muse
mjuːz
news
njuːz
refuse
rɪˈfjuːz
reuse
riːˈjuːz
Syracuse
ˈsaɪrəˌkjuːz
use
juːz
values
ˈvæljuːz
virtues
ˈvɜːtjuːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BEMUSE

bemean
bemedal
bemete
bemingle
bemire
bemist
bemoan
bemoaner
bemock
bemoil
bemonster
bemouth
bemud
bemuddle
bemuffle
bemurmur
bemused
bemusedly
bemusement
bemusing

WORDS THAT END LIKE BEMUSE

because
blouse
cause
child abuse
clause
Father of the House
guesthouse
house
in-house
lady of the house
lighthouse
masseuse
mouse
pause
spouse
the House
the White House
Toulouse
warehouse
White House

Synonyms and antonyms of bemuse in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BEMUSE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bemuse» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bemuse

Translation of «bemuse» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BEMUSE

Find out the translation of bemuse to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bemuse from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bemuse» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

非常吃惊
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bemuse
570 millions of speakers

English

bemuse
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bemuse
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

شده
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

ошеломлять
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bemuse
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হতবুদ্ধি করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mystifier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bemuse
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

verwirren
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

bemuse
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

넋을 잃게
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggoleki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm sửng sốt
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bemuse
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

गोंधळून जा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sersemletmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

confondere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

bemuse
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

приголомшувати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bemuse
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μπερδεύω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

twijfelen
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bemuse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bemuse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bemuse

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BEMUSE»

The term «bemuse» is normally little used and occupies the 109.480 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BEMUSE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «bemuse» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «bemuse» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bemuse

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BEMUSE»

Discover the use of bemuse in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bemuse and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Stifled Piper and Other Strange Characters: Poems to ...
Ken Anderson is one of those lucky ones. Delectably offbeat, humorous, and tinged with just a touch of the absurd, "The Stifled Piper and Other Strange Characters" reflects his quirky views in verse.
Ken Anderson, 2007
2
Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English: A ...
See also alleged. bemuse Misused for amuse t ɨJT QMBZ XJMM EFMJHIU BOE bemuse you with its nimble humor. Use amuse t #SFBLGBTU USFBUT TVDI BT i/ VEEZ /VCCMF Abblestuffel,” “Phantasmagoria,” and a “Humpty Dumpty” house ...
Robert Hartwell Fiske, 2011
3
Garner's Modern American Usage
See demean. bemuse; amuse. The meanings of these two words differ significantly. Bemuse = (1) to make confused or muddled; bewilder <the jury was bemused by all the technical evidence>; or (2) to plunge into thought; preoccupy <the ...
Bryan Garner, 2009
4
The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style
bemuse 39 times out often. Commence, a FORMAL WORD, is sometimes unnecessarily stilted. The OED notes that "begin is preferred in ordinary use; commence has more formal associations with law and procedure, combat, divine service, ...
Bryan A. Garner, 2000
5
Ritual and Mantras: Rules Without Meaning
as "mistakes felt bemuse although" or "(a +) p =." Such expressions convey no meaning because they are not well- formed. Hegel's sentences were also lacking in well-formedness, but of a different, semantic kind. Syntactic well-formedness is  ...
Frits Staal, 1996
6
The American admiralty, its jurisdiction and practice
Tm: new Hmmr BUCK, M; The libellant excepts to the Commissioner's Report made under the order ofthe court, enteredinthis muse, in Junelast. First. Bemuse the witness, David. Woodside, who was examined before th said commissioner, ...
E.C. Benedict
7
Vocabulary Building for a Masters Degree
Jill studied thegarbled instructions with a bemused look onher face. • # Bemuse ( vb) = to make confused, lost in thought; preoccupied. • Synonyms: • Addle, baffle, befog, befuddle, bewilder, confound, confuse, disorient, muddle, muddy, mystify,  ...
Idoniboye B. Bagshaw, 2014
8
Who?
About five months later my trainer, O. J. J auregui, called me and said, “There is a horse I would like you to claim.” He said the name was, “Bemuse.” So, I claimed Bemuse not long after he asked me to. Our first race with him was on December ...
Charles Edward Gerson, 2011
9
Inner-City Poverty in the United States
Unfortunately for our purposes, the schools were selected bemuse they had high crime rates. Because Gottfredson et al. did not adjust their results to take account of the fact that they sampled only high-crime schools, their findings do not tell ...
Committee on National Urban Policy, Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, 1990
10
Write It Down: Guidance for Preparing Documentation that ...
There's a small amount of residue remaining, despite the number times we cleaned the equipment. amuse, bemuse Amuse means to keep someone pleasantly occupied or to make someone laugh or smile. Bemuse, on the other hand, means ...
Janet Gough, 1999

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BEMUSE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bemuse is used in the context of the following news items.
1
MIF 15 REVIEWED | We Only Happen At Night
Elaborate costumes that shock, bemuse and dazzle. And a lot of sass and dancing under the chaotic zig-zag of kaleidoscopic disco lights. «Manchester Confidential, Jul 15»
2
John 'Goldfinger' Palmer - Solihull gangster finally brought down by …
In the scam slick salesmen presented people with complex paperwork designed to faze and bemuse them. Christina Ketley, the lover of John ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
3
What's this then, slut? Steven Oliver on comedy, catchphrases and …
It seems to bemuse him, and he's at that point in an entertainer's career where he's not sure how to deal with the constant requests for photos ... «Gay News Network, Jul 15»
4
Old Spice launches weird video game that takes you through manly …
Old Spice is constantly dreaming up new ways to amuse and bemuse its Internet-wired customer base. Earlier this year, the company dropped ... «Mashable, Jun 15»
5
Mister Cigarette is a magazine so good, it can only be fake
Produced by a team of comedy writers and talented designers, Fortunate Horse was a surreal horse-themed mag whose aim was to bemuse ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 15»
6
The Book of Mormon By Matt Stone, Trey Parker, and Bobby Lopez
Mormon's director and choreographer Casey Nicholaw continues to bemuse audiences with his codpiece fetish and penis joke prowess. «Washington City Paper, Jun 15»
7
Sepp Blatter's contradictory comments on Fifa reform bemuse Uefa
Sepp Blatter, the Fifa president, had previously stated that the size of Fifa's executive committee 'must be reduced'. Photograph: Ruben Sprich/ ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
8
It does matter if she's black or white
It was stocked with a sufficient number of details to alternatively bemuse entire segments of the country and inspire bouts of righteous ... «New Zealand Herald, Jun 15»
9
Demystifying Fascism: The Nightmare Years
There is just enough truth, just enough logic, and more than enough poetry and power in his arguments to bemuse millions of uncritical readers ... «Center for Research on Globalization, Jun 15»
10
I Just Talked To Farrakhan
Doing these difficult times that we're experiencing in our world today, with no apparent reprieve in sight, it bemuse me that nobody wants to ... «AllHipHop, Jun 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Bemuse [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/bemuse>. May 2024 ».
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