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Meaning of "delude" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DELUDE

From Latin dēlūdere to mock, play false, from de- + lūdere to play.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DELUDE

delude  [dɪˈluːd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DELUDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Delude 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 delude in English.

WHAT DOES DELUDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of delude in the English dictionary

The definition of delude in the dictionary is to deceive the mind or judgment of; mislead; beguile. Other definition of delude is to frustrate.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DELUDE

PRESENT

Present
I delude
you delude
he/she/it deludes
we delude
you delude
they delude
Present continuous
I am deluding
you are deluding
he/she/it is deluding
we are deluding
you are deluding
they are deluding
Present perfect
I have deluded
you have deluded
he/she/it has deluded
we have deluded
you have deluded
they have deluded
Present perfect continuous
I have been deluding
you have been deluding
he/she/it has been deluding
we have been deluding
you have been deluding
they have been deluding
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 deluded
you deluded
he/she/it deluded
we deluded
you deluded
they deluded
Past continuous
I was deluding
you were deluding
he/she/it was deluding
we were deluding
you were deluding
they were deluding
Past perfect
I had deluded
you had deluded
he/she/it had deluded
we had deluded
you had deluded
they had deluded
Past perfect continuous
I had been deluding
you had been deluding
he/she/it had been deluding
we had been deluding
you had been deluding
they had been deluding
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will delude
you will delude
he/she/it will delude
we will delude
you will delude
they will delude
Future continuous
I will be deluding
you will be deluding
he/she/it will be deluding
we will be deluding
you will be deluding
they will be deluding
Future perfect
I will have deluded
you will have deluded
he/she/it will have deluded
we will have deluded
you will have deluded
they will have deluded
Future perfect continuous
I will have been deluding
you will have been deluding
he/she/it will have been deluding
we will have been deluding
you will have been deluding
they will have been deluding
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would delude
you would delude
he/she/it would delude
we would delude
you would delude
they would delude
Conditional continuous
I would be deluding
you would be deluding
he/she/it would be deluding
we would be deluding
you would be deluding
they would be deluding
Conditional perfect
I would have delude
you would have delude
he/she/it would have delude
we would have delude
you would have delude
they would have delude
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been deluding
you would have been deluding
he/she/it would have been deluding
we would have been deluding
you would have been deluding
they would have been deluding
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you delude
we let´s delude
you delude
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to delude
Past participle
deluded
Present Participle
deluding
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.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DELUDE


allude
əˈluːd
collude
kəˈluːd
conclude
kənˈkluːd
disillude
ˌdɪsɪˈluːd
elude
ɪˈluːd
exclude
ɪkˈskluːd
flued
ˈfluːd
illude
ɪˈluːd
include
ɪnˈkluːd
interlude
ˈɪntəˌluːd
lewd
luːd
lude
luːd
occlude
əˈkluːd
overlewd
ˌəʊvəˈluːd
postlude
ˈpəʊstluːd
preclude
prɪˈkluːd
quaalude
ˈkweɪluːd
seclude
sɪˈkluːd
slewed
sluːd
unglued
ʌnˈɡluːd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DELUDE

deltiology
deltoid
deltoideus
delubrum
deludable
deluded
deluder
deluge
delundung
delusion
delusional
delusionary
delusionist
delusions of grandeur
delusive
delusively
delusiveness
delusory
delustrant
delustre

WORDS THAT END LIKE DELUDE

altitude
amplitude
attitude
chorale prelude
Claude
crude
dude
gratitude
habitude
Jude
latitude
longitude
magnitude
multitude
musical interlude
nude
order of magnitude
prelude
rude
solitude

Synonyms and antonyms of delude in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DELUDE»

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

Translation of «delude» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DELUDE

Find out the translation of delude to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of delude from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «delude» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

欺骗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

engañar
570 millions of speakers

English

delude
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

भुलाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

نخدع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

обманывать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

iludir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অভিভূত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

leurrer
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Delude
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

täuschen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

思い込ませる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

착각하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Delude
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nghi lầm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஏமாற்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भ्रष्ट करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

aldatmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

illudere
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

łudzić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

обманювати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amăgi
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αυταπάτες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

mislei
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

delude
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

narre
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of delude

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DELUDE»

The term «delude» is regularly used and occupies the 72.459 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DELUDE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «delude» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «delude» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about delude

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6 QUOTES WITH «DELUDE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word delude.
1
Stephen J. Cannell
I'm a very conservative businessman. I don't work on credit. My father was the guy who taught me how to think straight, not to delude myself and think I was larger than I was.
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Sam Harris
Tolerance, openness to argument, openness to self-doubt, willingness to see other people's points of view - these are very liberal and enlightened values that people are right to hold, but we can't allow them to delude us to the point where we can't recognise people who are needlessly perpetrating human misery.
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Dean Inge
Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.
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Gerald F. Lieberman
Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.
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Merton Miller
Most people might just as well buy a share of the whole market, which pools all the information, than delude themselves into thinking they know something the market doesn't.
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Jane Wagner
The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DELUDE»

Discover the use of delude in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to delude and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Delusions, and those who delude; or traits of public life in ...
THOSE. ' WHO. DELUDE. ' Populus vult decipi.' ' This acute observer of mankind Well knew that lying is frequently successful in the ratio of its efi'rontery and extravagance.' EVERY now AND THEN, and at intervals less protracted than might ...
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The Delude: A Philosophical Journey
From the text: What typically the deluded fool says is not right or even wrong; it is downright stupid.
Yoji K. Gondor, 2013
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Verden, OK Cottonwood Grove
On September 11, 1900, at the age of 23, he married Millie Delude who was the 17-year-old daughter of Amelia Fountain and Noah Delude. To this union were born seven children: Roy Harold, Norman Llovd, twins Orville Verl and Orgel Earl , ...
N. Dale Talkington
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Middle English Dictionary
get the better of, overcome (sth.); frustrate (someone's art, craft, purpose) ; (c) to mock (sb.), deride (with gestures) . (a) (al420) Lydg.TB l.24l3: Me list not feyne, flatre, nor delude. Ibid. 3.454: But werkyth as be sage. .So bat Grekis with fraude vs ...
Hans Kurath, Robert E. Lewis, Sherman M. Kuhn, Hans Kurath, 1961
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American State Papers: Documents, Legislative and Executive, ...
Take notice that I claim title to a tract of land situate on the south side of the river Au Delude, containing sixteen arpents in front by forty in depth; bounded in front by the said river, in rear and on both sides by unconceded. lands. I claim by virtue  ...
United States. Congress, 1860
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The Future of Post-Human Knowledge: A Preface to a New ...
(C. Delude 2008) The answer is yes, but the process to discover it is not easy. With this in mind, “a team led by John Gabrieli, a professor at the McGovern Institute for Brain Research at MIT, asked 10 East Asians recently arrived in the United ...
Peter Baofu, 2008
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I Wouldn't Have it Any Other Way
Prior to the “Delude,” another name for the Great Flood, God spoke to a man by the name of Noah and told him to build an ark because he was going to destroy the whole world by water. Noah built on the ark for a total of 120 years. It is said ...
Samuel Myers, 2010
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The Captors' Narrative: Catholic Women and Their Puritan Men ...
During the first fifteen months of his Montreal sojourn, Bartlett, by his own account , worked as an attendant to his master, a rich "captain" named Delude who had been afflicted with gout. He also was permitted to work at his shoemaking trade ...
William Henry Foster, 2003
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Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the ...
[from delude] Liable to be deceived; that is easily imposed on; rather delud'Mc — Not well understanding omniscience, he is not so ready to deceive himself as to falsify unto him whose cogitation is no ways deludable. Brown. * To DELUDE ...
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Artificial Life Models in Software
Maciej Komosinski, Andrew Adamatzky. 26. Fink, M.P., Delude, R.L.: Epithelial barrier dysfunction: a unifying theme to explain the pathogenesis of multiple organ dysfunction at the cellular level. Crit Care Clin 21(2), 177–196 (2005) 27. Food ...
Maciej Komosinski, Andrew Adamatzky, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DELUDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term delude is used in the context of the following news items.
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A Failed Strategy
But that will never happen if we continue to delude ourselves about our current campaign,” McCain said. “The president is fond of the truism ... «Christian Broadcasting Network, Jul 15»
2
Leaders Urge Patience In Achieving Change After Emanuel Nine
But we shouldn't delude ourselves to think things will be fixed overnight,” Scott said. Rev. Nelson B. Rivers, pastor of Charity Missionary Baptist ... «charlestonchronicle.net, Jul 15»
3
Your beliefs have to agree with God's word
Truth is truth, now and forever, and we shouldn't allow Satan to delude us into changing it (1 Peter 1:24-25; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12). «Quay County Sun, Jul 15»
4
Atlanta residents debate Confederate flag's place in history
A few miles away at historic Oakland Cemetery, grave markers for the Confederate dead recall a time gone by to visitors like Jim Delude. «WSB Atlanta, Jul 15»
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Shout Out: Lake Forest's Todd Puch
It lets you delude yourself that you are an artist or something. cComments. For starters on ommissions in this article, they forgot the part about ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
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Still a glimmer of hope for M's
Of course, it's also the era of parity, and the era of two wild cards, so virtually every team not named the Phillies can delude themselves into ... «Walla Walla Union-Bulletin, Jul 15»
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With no change in ISIS strategy, lawmakers vent frustration
But that will not happen if we continue to delude ourselves about the capabilities of the current campaign." RELATED: Obama's ISIS strategy ... «Washington Examiner, Jul 15»
8
Europe Sleepwalking Into Oblivion With Greece
Do European governments and the European Union institutions really believe they could weather such a Grexit storm and delude themselves ... «Carnegie Europe, Jul 15»
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Time for Bill Cosby's defenders to admit the obvious...
Or did he even delude himself?) From TIME magazine on line... http://time.com/3947272/bill-cosby-drugged-women-quaalude-news. Posted at ... «WDEL 1150AM, Jul 15»
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With Iranian "Windfall," Perfect is the Enemy of the Good
But let's also not delude ourselves that a perfect deal in all respects can be attained at the present moment, or in any foreseeable one. «Payvand, Jul 15»

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