how to pronounce deceive

/dɪˈsiːv/

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deceive is pronounced in two syllables

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dɪsv

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An example use of deceive in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… subtrafugal and they want to deceive you …”

meaning of deceive

To deceive means to trick or fool someone.

deceive frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word deceive occurs in english on average 2.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics deceive can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that deceive can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;

words with pronunciation similar to deceive

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