deceive

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /dɪˈsiːv/

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• Hyphenation: de‧ceive

Verb

Plain form deceive

Third-person singular deceives

Past tense deceived

Past participle deceived

Present participle deceiving

1. When you deceive someone, you make someone believe something that is not true; you mislead them.

   John was angry that Jane had deceived him.

Related words

• deception
• deceptive