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How to spell deceives

Deceives is spelled D-E-C-E-I-V-E-S.

hear itde·ceives/dɪ'sivz/verbHidden vowels

What it means: Misleads someone or causes another person to believe what is false.

In a sentence: A good magician often deceives the audience with quick hand tricks.

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Remember i before e except after c (spelled ei).

Same family: deceive, deceived, deceiving. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

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