Meaning of "deceive" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DECEIVE

From Old French deceivre, from Latin dēcipere to ensnare, cheat, from capere to take.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DECEIVE

deceive  [dɪˈsiːv]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECEIVE

Deceive is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb deceive in English.

WHAT DOES DECEIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Deception

Deception, beguilement, deceit, bluff, mystification and subterfuge are acts to propagate beliefs of things that are not true, or not the whole truth. Deception can involve dissimulation, propaganda, and sleight of hand, as well as distraction, camouflage, or concealment. There is also self-deception, as in bad faith. Deception is a major relational transgression that often leads to feelings of betrayal and distrust between relational partners. Deception violates relational rules and is considered to be a negative violation of expectations. Most people expect friends, relational partners, and even strangers to be truthful most of the time. If people expected most conversations to be untruthful, talking and communicating with others would require distraction and misdirection to acquire reliable information. A significant amount of deception occurs between romantic and relational partners.

Definition of deceive in the English dictionary

The first definition of deceive in the dictionary is to mislead by deliberate misrepresentation or lies. Other definition of deceive is to delude. Deceive is also to be unfaithful to.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DECEIVE

PRESENT

Present

I deceive

you deceive

he/she/it deceives

we deceive

you deceive

they deceive

Present continuous

I am deceiving

you are deceiving

he/she/it is deceiving

we are deceiving

you are deceiving

they are deceiving

Present perfect

I have deceived

you have deceived

he/she/it has deceived

we have deceived

you have deceived

they have deceived

Present perfect continuous

I have been deceiving

you have been deceiving

he/she/it has been deceiving

we have been deceiving

you have been deceiving

they have been deceiving

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I deceived

you deceived

he/she/it deceived

we deceived

you deceived

they deceived

Past continuous

I was deceiving

you were deceiving

he/she/it was deceiving

we were deceiving

you were deceiving

they were deceiving

Past perfect

I had deceived

you had deceived

he/she/it had deceived

we had deceived

you had deceived

they had deceived

Past perfect continuous

I had been deceiving

you had been deceiving

he/she/it had been deceiving

we had been deceiving

you had been deceiving

they had been deceiving

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will deceive

you will deceive

he/she/it will deceive

we will deceive

you will deceive

they will deceive

Future continuous

I will be deceiving

you will be deceiving

he/she/it will be deceiving

we will be deceiving

you will be deceiving

they will be deceiving

Future perfect

I will have deceived

you will have deceived

he/she/it will have deceived

we will have deceived

you will have deceived

they will have deceived

Future perfect continuous

I will have been deceiving

you will have been deceiving

he/she/it will have been deceiving

we will have been deceiving

you will have been deceiving

they will have been deceiving

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would deceive

you would deceive

he/she/it would deceive

we would deceive

you would deceive

they would deceive

Conditional continuous

I would be deceiving

you would be deceiving

he/she/it would be deceiving

we would be deceiving

you would be deceiving

they would be deceiving

Conditional perfect

I would have deceive

you would have deceive

he/she/it would have deceive

we would have deceive

you would have deceive

they would have deceive

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been deceiving

you would have been deceiving

he/she/it would have been deceiving

we would have been deceiving

you would have been deceiving

they would have been deceiving

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you deceive
we let´s deceive
you deceive

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to deceive

Past participle

deceived

Present Participle

deceiving

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «DECEIVE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «deceive» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of deceive

bamboozle · beguile · betray · cheat · con · cozen · delude · double-cross · dupe · ensnare · entrap · fool · hoax · hoodwink · kid · mislead · outwit · scam · stiff · sting · swindle · take for a ride · take in · trick

TRANSLATION OF DECEIVE

Find out the translation of deceive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of deceive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «deceive» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 欺骗
• Translator English - Spanish: engañar
• English: deceive
• Translator English - Hindi: धोखा
• Translator English - Arabic: يَخْدَعُ
• Translator English - Russian: обманывать
• Translator English - Portuguese: enganar
• Translator English - Bengali: ছলা
• Translator English - French: tromper
• Translator English - Malay: memperdaya
• Translator English - German: täuschen
• Translator English - Japanese: だます
• Translator English - Korean: 속이다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngapusi
• Translator English - Vietnamese: lừa dối
• Translator English - Tamil: ஏமாற்ற
• Translator English - Marathi: फसवा
• Translator English - Turkish: aldatmak
• Translator English - Italian: ingannare
• Translator English - Polish: oszukać
• Translator English - Ukrainian: обманювати
• Translator English - Romanian: a înșela
• Translator English - Greek: εξαπατώ
• Translator English - Afrikaans: mislei
• Translator English - Swedish: lura
• Translator English - Norwegian: bedra

10 QUOTES WITH «DECEIVE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word deceive.

1

Spiro T. Agnew

I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort.

2

Alan Arkin

I don't know why we have to put things in boxes of superlatives. That isolates them. Life is fluid, and the minute you start trying to put a line around something, it will deceive you and go away.

3

George Bancroft

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

4

Bernard Baruch

Let us not deceive ourselves; we must elect world peace or world destruction.

5

Bruno Bauer

His very chains helped to deceive him about the harshness of his service.

6

Bodhidharma

You can't know your real mind as long as you deceive yourself.

7

Sissela Bok

Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.

8

Sissela Bok

While all deception requires secrecy, all secrecy is not meant to deceive.

9

Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

The easiest person to deceive is one's self.

10

Camille Claudel

I sleep completely naked to make me believe you are here, but when I wake up it is not the same thing. Most of all, don't deceive me with other women any more.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECEIVE»

Discover the use of deceive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to deceive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Practice to Deceive

Unravel the tangled web woven by Russel Douglas’s murder in Practice to Deceive, the newest heart pounding true-crime tour de force from Ann Rule.

Ann Rule, 2013

The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and ...

Written with fierce passion and substantiated with in-depth research, The Truth About the Drug Companies is a searing indictment of an industry that has spun out of control.

Marcia Angell, 2004

If You Deceive

Still seeking revenge on the powerful aristocrat that had him brutally beaten and scarred for a crime he did not commit, unrepentant rake Ethan MacCarrick abducts his enemy's daughter, Madeleine van Rowen, plotting to seduce her and make ...

Kresley Cole, 2007

The Invisible Gorilla: And Other Ways Our Intuitions Deceive Us

Ultimately, the book provides a kind of x-ray vision into our own minds, making it possible to pierce the veil of illusions that clouds our thoughts and to think clearly for perhaps the first time. From the Hardcover edition.

Christopher Chabris, Daniel Simons, 2010

Calculated Risks: How to Know When Numbers Deceive You

This eye-opening book explains how we can overcome our ignorance of numbers and better understand the risks we may be taking with our money, our health, and our lives.

‎2002

Never Deceive a Duke

They call her the porcelain princess.

Liz Carlyle, 2007

And Only to Deceive

From gifted new writer Tasha Alexander comes a stunning novel of historical suspense set in Victorian England, meticulously researched and with a twisty plot that involves stolen antiquities, betrayal, and murder And Only to Deceive For ...

Tasha Alexander, 2009

Practice to Deceive: The Amazing Stories of Literary ...

The profiles of six literary forgers from 1700 to 1988.

Joseph Rosenblum, 2000

Deceive No More!

With the practical events and the Godly advices within, you will become wiser in some areas of your life. The information in this book is applicable to anyone - any walk of life.

Marthe Bellanton-Bienaime, 2008

How to Deceive a Duke

When deception leads to desire .

Lecia Cornwall, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECEIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term deceive is used in the context of the following news items.

NAACP sues Cincinnati branch, claims it schemed to 'deceive' public

CINCINNATI —The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is suing the Cincinnati branch of the group, saying it is ... «WLWT Cincinnati, Jul 15»

Judge: NM PED violated open records law

The public has a right to know the truth: the PED chose to deceive the public in order to throw the baby out with the bath water,” Goodmacher ... «Albuquerque Journal, Jul 15»

Nietzsche and the Nuclear Era

According to Lenin's operational codes, it was the Soviet leader's duty to deceive capitalists and out-maneuver them. True to character, Moscow ... «The Atlantic, Jul 15»

E.D.N.Y. Finds no intent to deceive the USPTO stemming from …

The court concluded that defendants failed to prove Applicants' intent to deceive by clear and convincing evidence. It explained that Applicants ... «Lexology, Jul 15»

MOTORSPORT: F1 pretenders flatter only to deceive

The British Grand Prix was a different story to the previous eight Formula 1 races this season – but with a familiar result. The Mercedes factory ... «Motoring, Jul 15»

What is not a joke ?, everything is, drama played by the rulers to …

What is not a joke ?, everything is, drama played by the rulers to deceive and keep the gullible masses under control. Recommend98. shamain. «DAWN.com, Jul 15»

The NAACP Is Dealing With Another 'Fraud,' This Time In Cincinnati

... in Baltimore, claims in the lawsuit, filed Tuesday, that the trio are not officially sanctioned and “are involved in a scheme to deceive the public. «Daily Caller, Jul 15»

Bail outs: Don't allow govs deceive you, Umar tells Buhari

Former military governor of Kaduna State, retired Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar has blamed state governors for the current financial mess ... «Daily Trust, Jul 15»

Did alarm company deceive Lafayette woman?

Richard Clawson got a surprise earlier this month when he went online to look at a joint checking account he co-owns with his mother. He saw ... «Journal and Courier, Jul 15»

FBI: Chemical Polluter Convicted in Massive Scheme to Deceive the …

SAN DIEGO—Michael J Conrad, an Escondido chemist whose company was previously convicted of environmental crimes in federal court in ... «7thSpace Interactive, Jul 15»