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# delude

verb (delude, deludes, deluded, deluding)

«delude» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To delude someone means to trick them into believing something that is not true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delude/#m1)
2. To delude yourself means to believe something untrue because you want it to be true. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delude/#m2)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delude/#x1)
- The fox deluded the crow into dropping the cheese. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delude/#x2)
- He was deluded into thinking he would win easily. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delude/#x3)
- She deluded herself that nobody had noticed. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delude/#x4)
- Advertisements can delude people into buying things they don't need. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delude/#x5)
- The king was deluded by flattering advisers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delude/#x6)
- ‘What!’ cried the King angrily, ‘have I been altogether deceived and deluded? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delude/#x7)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «delude» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/delude/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«delude» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/delude.html) on Mova free.