deception

«deception» in Mova's school dictionary: not true; tricking or lying — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (deception, uncountable; a deception, deceptions)

meaning for a pupil

1) Making someone believe something that is not true; tricking or lying. tree →

2) A trick or lie that fools someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

In safety: scams use deception, such as fake messages or fake prizes; check before you trust. In stories: villains use deception; in nature, animals use deception (camouflage, playing dead). Formal: «obtained by deception».

examples

• The thief got in by deception, pretending to be a plumber. tree →
• Camouflage is a kind of deception in nature. tree →
• The magician's trick was clever deception. tree →
• Online scams depend on deception. tree →
• Her friendly smile was a deception. tree →
• The fox used deception to trick the crow. tree →
• By their advice she wrapped a stone in baby-clothes, and Cronus, in eager haste, swallowed it, without noticing the deception. tree →

note

Verb: deceive (spelling: e before i after c). Adjective: deceptive (looks different from how it really is — «Appearances can be deceptive»). Uncountable for the act, countable for a single trick.

In the corpora

• Magic tricks are deception people agree to enjoy: everyone knows it's a trick, and everything is given back.
• Many traditions treat a lie blurted out in panic differently from a planned deception; the vicar says Scripture leaves some mystery here.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «deception» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.