Čo znamená deceive v angličtine a aká je definícia deceive?

V tomto najautoritatívnejšom anglickom slovníku sa môžete naučiť deceive výslovnosť, gramatika a synonymá.

deceive Význam & definícia

0 to persuade someone that something false is the truth, or to keep the truth hidden from someone for your own advantage:
- The company deceived customers by selling old computers as new ones.
- The sound of the door closing deceived me into thinking they had gone out.
- She thinks he'll come back, but she's deceiving herself.
1 to persuade someone that something false is the truth; trick or fool:
- Some parents try to deceive school officials and enroll their children in other districts.
- We should not deceive ourselves into thinking this will be the end of it.
2 to use dishonest or illegal methods to get something or to make people believe that something is true when it is not:
- These were fraudulent transactions aimed at deceiving creditors and investors.
- intention/intent to deceive A spokesman for the bank maintained that there had been no intent to deceive.
3 to seem better than it actually is:
- The FTSE-100 flattered to deceive, as it broke through the 5000 barrier only to fall back again.

Anyway, I can't deceive him - it's against all my principles.
He repudiated the allegation that he had tried to deceive them.
I suspect these statistics flatter to deceive.
What really angered her was the dirty underhand way they had deceived her.
They deceived us into thinking they would come back later with our money.
The temptation to deceive arose again when we started our hospital duties with patients in our third year of medical school.
I do not mean that they have been intentionally developed to deceive anyone, or that contributors to religious systems were not, or are not, sincere.
We have already mentioned one - is it better to know a painful truth or to be happier but deceived?