08.27.2025

Definition: perplex| per·​plex | pər-ˈpleks or pɚˈpleks (US) | pəˈpleks (UK)

Verb (Transitive)

1

: to make unable to grasp something clearly or to think logically and decisively about something
: to feel unable to grasp something clearly or think logically or decisively about something.
: to confuse a person slightly by being difficult to understand.
: to cause someone to be confused or uncertain over something that is not yet understood.

2

: to make intricate or involved
: to complicate

Definition: perplexity | pɚˈplek.sə.t̬i (US) | pəˈplek.sə.ti (UK)

Noun

1

: a state of confusion
: a complicated and difficult situation or thing.

2

: an artificial intelligence start-up that offers a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question with cited sources.
: considering how intricate, complex, and challenging the AI-landscape continues to be, it makes sense to name a company that is striving to be a more reliable, fact-checked version of other AI engines after the situation that it finds itself in.
: privately held company that was last valued at $14 billion, according to Reuters.

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Definitions sourced from Cambridge Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Wikipedia, and Yahoo Finance.