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- Dictionaryde·lude/dəˈlo͞od/
verb
- 1. impose a misleading belief upon (someone); deceive; fool: "too many theorists have deluded the public"
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to believe something that is not true, especially because you want to believe it: He's deluding himself if he thinks he's going to be promoted this year. Maybe we've just deluded ourselves into thinking we can solve the problem. See. delude. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of DELUDE is to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive, trick. How to use delude in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Delude.
To delude someone into thinking something means to make them believe what is not true.
to believe something that is not true, especially because you want to believe it: He's deluding himself if he thinks he's going to be promoted this year. Maybe we've just deluded ourselves into thinking we can solve the problem. See. delude. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
To delude is to trick or fool, often in relation to yourself. If you delude yourself into thinking your mom's chocolate cake is low in fat, you'll be disappointed to find out it's made with two sticks of butter!
To cause to hold a false belief; deceive thoroughly: unscrupulous brokers who deluded their clients about the underlying value of the stocks they were touting. See Synonyms at deceive. 2. Obsolete To elude or evade. 3. Obsolete To frustrate the hopes or plans of.
DELUDE definition: 1. to make someone believe something that is not real or true: 2. believing things that are not…. Learn more.
Definition of delude verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Delude definition: to mislead the mind or judgment of; deceive. See examples of DELUDE used in a sentence.
Jun 2, 2024 · delude (third-person singular simple present deludes, present participle deluding, simple past and past participle deluded) To deceive into believing something which is false; to lead into error; to dupe.
