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deludede‧lude /dɪˈluːd/ verb [transitive] deludeOrigin: 1400-1500 Latin deludere, from ludere ‘to play’ VERB TABLEdelude |
Present | I, you, we, they | delude | | he, she, it | deludes | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | deluded | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have deluded | | he, she, it | has deluded | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had deluded | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will delude | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have deluded |
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Present | I | am deluding | | he, she, it | is deluding | | you, we, they | are deluding | Past | I, he, she, it | was deluding | | you, we, they | were deluding | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been deluding | | he, she, it | has been deluding | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been deluding | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be deluding | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been deluding |
- And what if you lacked the capacity to delude yourself?
- But if we give up the second belief, then we do not think we are deluded by biology.
- Governments should not be deluded into thinking that they can arrogate to themselves powers that they do not and can not possess.
- Have you forgotten how easy it is to delude yourself into believing you are in love?
- How had she let herself be so deluded?
- If he really thought this would be his father's reaction, he was cruelly deluding himself.
- Or would you delude yourself about her performance?
- Wins in New Hampshire can sometimes delude.
to believe something that is wrong► be wrong if you are wrong , you think or say something that is not correct: · I thought a holiday in Greece would be cheap, but I was wrong.· Maybe I'm wrong, but I could have sworn the class was at 9.30 a.m.· Why won't he admit he was wrong?be wrong about: · You were wrong about that train - it left at 10.30.be wrong in thinking/believing etc something: · You'd be wrong in thinking we don't encourage disabled students to come to the college. ► be mistaken formal to have an incorrect opinion or belief about something - use this as a polite way of saying someone is wrong: · I thought it was an accident, but I was mistaken.be mistaken about: · Anna realised she had been mistaken about Dennis.you must be mistaken: · I think you must be mistaken. He could not have obtained a key to your room. ► be misinformed to be wrong because you have been given information that is incorrect or untrue: · I think you must have been misinformed -- we don't teach any courses in business studies here.be misinformed about: · The documents clearly show that the public was misled and misinformed about the crisis. ► be on the wrong track/tack to have the wrong idea about a situation, so that you are unlikely to get the result you want or the right answer to a problem: · I feel that this advertising campaign is on completely the wrong tack.get somebody off on the wrong tack/track: · He admitted that he had gotten us off on the wrong tack, and that we'd need to start again. ► kid/delude yourself to wrongly and stupidly let yourself believe something that you want to believe, but which is not true: · He's kidding himself if he thinks he's going to be a great film director.· Don't delude yourself. They have no intention of offering you a job. to make someone believe something that is not true SYN deceive: I was angry with him for trying to delude me.delude somebody/yourself into doing something It is easy to delude yourself into believing you’re in love. Don’t be deluded into thinking your house is burglarproof. |