deceive
To trick or misleadTo trick or mislead.
» I don't want to deceive you.
Я не хочу обманывать тебя.
Я не хочу обманывать вас.
Я не хочу вас обманювати.
Meaning
1 sensesTo 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
- cause someone to believe an untruth
- be false to; be dishonest with
Examples
290 sentencesI don't want to deceive you.
Я не хочу вас обманювати.
ruЯ не хочу обманывать тебя.
Many people were deceived by the advertisement.
Багатьох обманула ця реклама.
I'll never deceive you.
Я тебе ніколи не введу в оману.
ruЯ тебя никогда не разочарую.
I was deceived by him.
Він обдурив мене.
Looks can be very deceiving.
Зовнішній вигляд може бути дуже оманливий.
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, deceivedSynonyms
20 synonyms- cause someone to believe an untruth:betraylead astray
- be false to; be dishonest with:lead ondeludecozen
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
18 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
3 patterns- was deceived by
- tried to deceive
- to be deceived