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{
"term": "deny",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "deny",
"heSheIt": "denies"
},
"pastSimple": "denied",
"pastParticiple": "denied",
"ingForm": "denying"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to say that something is not true",
"sensetop": "deny somethingdeny (that)…deny doing something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to **deny an allegation/a charge/an accusation**",
"contextForm": "deny something"
},
{
"text": "He has **denied any involvement** in the incident."
},
{
"text": "The company strongly **denies wrongdoing**."
},
{
"text": "to **vehemently/strenuously/categorically deny** something"
},
{
"text": "A spokesperson refused to either **confirm or deny **the reports."
},
{
"text": "She denied that there had been a cover-up.",
"contextForm": "deny (that)…"
},
{
"text": "**It can't be denied that** we need to devote more resources to this problem."
},
{
"text": "**There's no denying the fact that** quicker action could have saved them."
},
{
"text": "He denies knowing anything about the plot.",
"contextForm": "deny doing something"
},
{
"text": "She has categorically denied being involved in the fraud."
},
{
"text": "He has consistently denied murdering his estranged wife."
},
{
"text": "There is no denying the fact that she is an excellent scholar."
},
{
"text": "I know it was you I saw, so there's no use trying to deny it."
},
{
"text": "If anyone accuses me I shall simply deny it."
},
{
"text": "No one would deny that there is a very great need for change."
},
{
"text": "You can't deny that it seems a very attractive idea."
},
{
"text": "He denied accusations of corruption and mismanagement."
},
{
"text": "The company in March denied claims made in the lawsuit."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["adamantly", "emphatically", "fiercely"],
"verb + deny": ["cannot", "try to"],
"phrases": [
"no one could deny (that)…",
"no one would deny (that)…",
"there is no denying something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to refuse to admit or accept something",
"sensetop": "deny something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "She denied all knowledge of the incident."
},
{
"text": "The department denies responsibility for what occurred."
},
{
"text": "an anti-environmentalist campaign group that denies climate change"
},
{
"text": "No physicist would deny the existence of gravity."
},
{
"text": "Denying the Holocaust is a crime in Germany."
},
{
"text": "Reality cannot be denied."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["adamantly", "emphatically", "fiercely"],
"verb + deny": ["cannot", "try to"],
"phrases": [
"no one could deny (that)…",
"no one would deny (that)…",
"there is no denying something"
]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to refuse to allow somebody to have something that they want or ask for",
"sensetop": "deny somebody somethingdeny something to somebody",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "They were denied access to the information.",
"contextForm": "deny somebody something"
},
{
"text": "Access to the information was denied to them.",
"contextForm": "deny something to somebody"
},
{
"text": "You cannot deny this opportunity to me."
},
{
"text": "They were cruelly denied victory by an injury-time strike from Hegerberg."
},
{
"text": "Children could be compelled to work on the farm, effectively denying them schooling."
},
{
"text": "The country's government systematically denies its citizens basic rights to free expression."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["cruelly", "effectively", "routinely"],
"preposition": ["to"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to refuse to let yourself have something that you would like to have, especially for moral or religious reasons",
"sensetop": "deny yourself (something)",
"labels": "(formal)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈnaɪ/",
"audio": "de/deny/deny__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈnaɪz/",
"audio": "de/deny/denies__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈnaɪd/",
"audio": "de/deny/denied__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈnaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/deny/denying__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈnaɪ/",
"audio": "de/deny/deny__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈnaɪz/",
"audio": "de/deny/denies__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈnaɪd/",
"audio": "de/deny/denied__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/dɪˈnaɪɪŋ/",
"audio": "de/deny/denying__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French deni-, stressed stem of deneier, from Latin denegare, from de- ‘formally’ + negare ‘say no’."
}