{
    "term": "deceive",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "deceive",
            "heSheIt": "deceives"
        },
        "pastSimple": "deceived",
        "pastParticiple": "deceived",
        "ingForm": "deceiving"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make somebody believe something that is not true",
            "sensetop": "deceive somebodydeceive somebody into doing something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her husband had been deceiving her for years.",
                    "contextForm": "deceive somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She deceived him into handing over all his savings.",
                    "contextForm": "deceive somebody into doing something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Personal qualities", "Crime and punishment"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["easily", "deliberately"],
                "verb + deceive": ["attempt to", "try to"],
                "preposition": ["into"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to refuse to admit to yourself that something unpleasant is true",
            "sensetop": "deceive yourself (that…)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're deceiving yourself if you think he'll change his mind."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make somebody have a wrong idea about somebody/something",
            "sensetop": "deceive (somebody)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Unless my eyes deceive me, that's his wife."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the hallmarks of a detective mystery where appearances deceive"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if something flatters to deceive, it appears to be better, more successful, etc. than it really is",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "As with many new bands, their early success flattered to deceive."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Success"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsiːv/",
                "audio": "de/deceive/deceive__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsiːvz/",
                "audio": "de/deceive/deceives__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsiːvd/",
                "audio": "de/deceive/deceived__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsiːvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/deceive/deceiving__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsiːv/",
                "audio": "de/deceive/deceive__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsiːvz/",
                "audio": "de/deceive/deceives__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsiːvd/",
                "audio": "de/deceive/deceived__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈsiːvɪŋ/",
                "audio": "de/deceive/deceiving__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French deceivre, from Latin decipere ‘catch, ensnare, cheat’."
}