deny

deny
verb
1 say sth is not true
ADVERB
▪ adamantly, emphatically, fiercely, firmly, hotly, steadfastly (esp. AmE), strenuously, strongly, vehemently, vigorously
▪

Both women vehemently deny the charges against them.

▪ angrily, indignantly
▪ categorically, flatly
▪

He has categorically denied being involved in the fraud.

▪ explicitly, expressly
▪ completely, totally
▪ implicitly
▪ formally, officially
▪ publicly
▪ immediately, promptly, quickly
▪ initially
▪ simply
▪

If anyone accuses me I'll simply deny it.

▪ consistently, repeatedly
▪

He has consistently denied murdering his estranged wife.

VERB + DENY
▪ cannot
▪

You can't deny that it seems a very attractive idea.

▪ try to
▪

I know it was you I saw, so there's no use trying to deny it.

PHRASES
▪ no one could deny (that) … , no one would deny (that) … 
▪

No one would deny that there is a very great need for change.

▪ there is no denying sth
▪

There is no denying the fact that she is an excellent scholar.

2 refuse sb sth
ADVERB
▪ cruelly (esp. BrE)
▪

They were cruelly denied victory by a header from Reece.

▪ effectively
▪

Children could be compelled to work on the farm, effectively denying them schooling.

▪ routinely, systematically
▪

The country's government systematically denies its citizens basic rights to free expression.

PREPOSITION
▪ to
▪

You cannot deny this opportunity to me.

Deny is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑authority, ↑judge, ↑source
Deny is used with these nouns as the object: ↑access, ↑accusation, ↑admittance, ↑affair, ↑allegation, ↑appeal, ↑asylum, ↑attraction, ↑authority, ↑bail, ↑benefit, ↑chance, ↑charge, ↑citizenship, ↑claim, ↑communion, ↑compensation, ↑connection, ↑credit, ↑education, ↑entrance, ↑entry, ↑equality, ↑existence, ↑fact, ↑feeling, ↑freedom, ↑funding, ↑guilt, ↑importance, ↑impulse, ↑involvement, ↑justice, ↑knowledge, ↑liability, ↑libel, ↑liberty, ↑licence, ↑link, ↑membership, ↑misconduct, ↑murder, ↑need, ↑negligence, ↑passage, ↑permission, ↑permit, ↑petition, ↑possibility, ↑promotion, ↑reality, ↑recognition, ↑report, ↑request, ↑responsibility, ↑right, ↑rumour, ↑statement, ↑status, ↑suggestion, ↑tenure, ↑truth, ↑use, ↑validity, ↑victory, ↑visa, ↑vote, ↑wish

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  • Deny — De*ny , v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Denied}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denying}.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. d[ e]nier, fr. L. denegare; de + negare to say no, deny. See {Negation}.] 1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Deny —   [də ni], Jean Joseph Thaddée, Orientalist, * Kiew 12. 7. 1879, ✝ Gérardmer 5. 11. 1963; Professor in Paris, verfasste wichtige Arbeiten zur türkischen Sprachforschung, osmanischen Kultur und Verwaltungsgeschichte und zur orientalischen… …   Universal-Lexikon

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