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delude
(dɪluːd )
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1.
verb
If you
delude
yourself, you
let yourself
believe that something is
true,
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The President was deluding himself if he thought he was safe from such action.
[VERB pronoun-reflexive]
We delude ourselves that we are in control.
[V pron-refl that]
I had deluded myself into believing that it would all come right in the end.
[V pron-refl + into]
2.
verb
Television deludes you into thinking you have experienced reality, when you haven't.
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He had been unwittingly deluded by their mystical nonsense.
[be VERB-ed]
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verb (transitive)
1.
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Derived forms
adjective
deluder (deˈluder)
noun
deludingly (deˈludingly)
adverb
Word origin of 'delude'
verb transitive
Word forms: deˈluded or deˈluding
1.
SIMILAR WORDS:
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Example sentences containing 'delude'
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I think that deluded his mind.
Times, Sunday Times
(2013)
I have been a deluded fool.
Times, Sunday Times
(2011)
But this was not about them; in his deluded mind, it was about him.
Times, Sunday Times
(2015)
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Translations for 'delude'
British English:
delude
VERB
If you
delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
The president was deluding himself if he thought he was safe from such action.
- American English: delude
- Brazilian Portuguese: iludir
- Chinese: 欺骗
- European Spanish: Fitting Cosyfeet Roomy Width Shoes Mink Audrey Extra Eeeee Leather WqPBqYrt
- French: leurrer
- German: täuschen
- Italian: illudere
- Japanese: 思い込ませる
- Korean: 착각하다
- European Portuguese: iludir
- Spanish: Fitting Cosyfeet Roomy Width Shoes Mink Audrey Extra Eeeee Leather WqPBqYrt
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