verb (denies, denying, denied, denied)
1 to say that sth is not true:
[VN] to deny a claim / a charge / an accusation * The spokesman refused either to confirm or deny the reports. * There's no denying (the fact) that quicker action could have saved them. * [V-ing] He denies attempting to murder his wife. * [V(that)] She denied (that) there had been any cover-up. * [VNthat] It can't be denied that we need to devote more resources to this problem.
2 [VN] to refuse to admit or accept sth:
She denied all knowledge of the incident. * The department denies responsibility for what occurred.
3 ~ sth (to sb)
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for deny is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does deny appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — deny appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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