delude
part of speech
verb (delude, deludes, deluded, deluding)
meaning for a pupil
1) To delude someone means to trick them into believing something that is not true. tree →
2) To delude yourself means to believe something untrue because you want it to be true. tree →
sense in the lessons
In stories it shows a character who is fooled, or who fools himself: «Don't delude yourself». In everyday life it is often used when someone has false hopes. Related words: deluded (adjective: believing false things), delusion (a false belief). Phrases: «delude yourself», «deluded into thinking».
examples
- Don't delude yourself — you can't learn the whole song in five minutes. tree →
- The fox deluded the crow into dropping the cheese. tree →
- He was deluded into thinking he would win easily. tree →
- She deluded herself that nobody had noticed. tree →
- Advertisements can delude people into buying things they don't need. tree →
- The king was deluded by flattering advisers. tree →
- ‘What!’ cried the King angrily, ‘have I been altogether deceived and deluded? tree →
note
Regular verb: deluded. Noun: delusion; adjective: deluded («a deluded man»). Do not confuse with «dilute» (to make weaker with water) or «elude» (to escape from). «Deluded» is fairly strong; calling someone deluded can be rude. In medicine, a «delusion» is a fixed false belief that can be a sign of illness.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «delude» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.