Meaning

1 senses
  1. To trick or mislead.

    It feels painful to begin seeing clearly, that you’ve been deceived by the very people and institutions you trusted to guide you.

    betrügen, täuschen

    обма́ныватьobmányvatʹ, обману́тьobmanútʹ

    обма́нюватиobmánjuvaty, обману́тиobmanúty

More definitions
  • cause someone to believe an untruth
  • be false to; be dishonest with

Examples

290 sentences
  1. I don't want to deceive you.

    Я не хочу вас обманювати.

    ruЯ не хочу обманывать тебя.

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  2. Many people were deceived by the advertisement.

    Багатьох обманула ця реклама.

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  3. I'll never deceive you.

    Я тебе ніколи не введу в оману.

    ruЯ тебя никогда не разочарую.

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  4. I was deceived by him.

    Він обдурив мене.

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  5. Looks can be very deceiving.

    Зовнішній вигляд може бути дуже оманливий.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English deceyven, from Anglo-Norman deceivre, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive;

From Middle English deceyven, from Anglo-Norman deceivre, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from dē- (“from”) + capiō (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English beswīcan.

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Forms

deceives, deceiving, deceived, deceived
Base formdeceive · to deceive
3rd person singulardeceives
Present participledeceiving
Past simpledeceived
Past participledeceived

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeceive
he, she, itdeceives

Past simpleLesson

all personsdeceived

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave deceived
he, she, ithas deceived

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill deceive

Synonyms

20 synonyms

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

18 related words

Collocations

3 patterns
  • was deceived by
  • tried to deceive
  • to be deceived

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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