deny

deny
de|ny
W2S2 [dıˈnaı] v past tense and past participle denied present participle denying third person singular denies [T]
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1¦(say something is not true)¦
2¦(not allow)¦
3 there's no denying (that/something)
4¦(feelings)¦
5 deny yourself (something)
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[Date: 1200-1300; : Old French; Origin: denier, from Latin negare 'to deny']
1.) ¦(SAY SOMETHING IS NOT TRUE)¦
to say that something is not true, or that you do not believe something
→↑denial deny (that)
▪ I've never denied that there is a housing problem.
▪ I can't deny her remarks hurt me.
deny doing sth
▪ Two men have denied murdering a woman at a remote picnic spot.
strongly/vehemently/strenuously etc deny sth
▪ Jackson vehemently denied the allegations.
▪ The government denied the existence of poverty among 16- and 17-year-olds.
deny a charge/allegation/claim
▪ The men have denied charges of theft.
2.) ¦(NOT ALLOW)¦
to refuse to allow someone to have or do something
▪ landowners who deny access to the countryside
deny sb sth
▪ She could deny her son nothing.
deny sth to sb
▪ This is the only country in Europe to deny cancer screening to its citizens.
3.) there's no denying (that/sth)
spoken used to say that it is very clear that something is true
▪ There's no denying that this is an important event.
4.) ¦(FEELINGS)¦
to refuse to admit that you are feeling something
▪ Emotions can become destructive if they are suppressed and denied.
5.) deny yourself (sth)
to decide not to have something that you would like, especially for moral or religious reasons
▪ He denied himself all pleasures and luxuries.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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