de‧ceive /dɪˈsiːv/ ●○○ verb [transitive]
1 to make someone believe something that is not true →
deception
- He had been deceived by a young man claiming to be
the son of a millionaire.
deceive somebody into
doing something
- He tried to deceive the public into thinking the war
could still be won.
deceive somebody about
something
- I wouldn’t deceive you about anything as important
as this.
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In everyday English, people usually say trick rather
than deceive:
She thought they were trying to trick her.
ˈstag ˌparty noun [countable]
a party for men only, especially on a night before a
man’s wedding → hen party
me‧di‧a /ˈmiːdiə/ ●●● S2 W2 AWL
noun
1 → the media
2 the plural of medium → mass media, multimedia
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