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deceivedeceive /dɪˈsiv/ ●●○ verb [intransitive, transitive] ETYMOLOGYdeceiveOrigin: 1200-1300 Old French deceivre, from Latin decipere VERB TABLEdeceive |
Present | I, you, we, they | deceive | | he, she, it | deceives | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | deceived | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have deceived | | he, she, it | has deceived | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had deceived | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will deceive | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have deceived |
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Present | I | am deceiving | | he, she, it | is deceiving | | you, we, they | are deceiving | Past | I, he, she, it | was deceiving | | you, we, they | were deceiving | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been deceiving | | he, she, it | has been deceiving | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been deceiving | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be deceiving | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been deceiving |
THESAURUS to deliberately tell someone something that is not true► lie to deliberately tell someone something that is not true: I could tell that Tom was lying. Don’t listen to him. He’s lying through his teeth (=deliberately saying something that is completely untrue). ► tell (somebody) a lie to lie: Are you accusing me of telling lies? Of course it’s true. I wouldn’t tell you a lie. ► make something up to think of and tell someone a story that is not true, especially in order to get what you want: Do you think that man made up the story about car trouble to get money from us? ► invent invent means the same as make something up but sounds more formal: She invented the story about her mother being sick so that we would feel sorry for her. ► mislead to make someone believe something that is not true, by giving him or her information that is not complete or not completely true: Politicians have misled the public about the dangers of these chemicals. ► deceive to make someone believe something that is not true: She still found it hard to believe that he had deceived and betrayed her. ► falsify formal to dishonestly change official documents or records so that they contain false information: She was found guilty of falsifying the company’s financial accounts. ► perjure yourself/commit perjury formal to tell a lie in a court of law when you have promised to tell the truth: Company executives may have perjured themselves in sworn testimony to Congress. 1to make someone believe something that is not true in order to get what you want SYN trick: Kahn said voters had been deceived by supporters of the new bill.deceive somebody into doing something He deceived young girls into signing movie contracts.deceive somebody about something The mayor claims he didn’t deceive anyone about the payments he made.► see thesaurus at lie22looks/appearances can be deceiving used to say that the way someone or something looks may make you believe something about that person or thing that is not true: With his baby face and cute grin, you might guess he was in his 30s, but looks can be deceiving (=he is actually older).3deceive yourself to refuse to believe that something is true because the truth is unpleasant: Many parents deceive themselves about their children’s behavior.4if something you see, hear, learn, etc. deceives you, it gives you a wrong belief or opinion about something SYN mislead: Don’t be deceived by the new packaging. It’s still junk food. [Origin: 1200–1300 Old French deceivre, from Latin decipere]—deceiver noun [countable] → see also deception |