Meaning

7 senses

  1. (transitive)To disallow or reject.

    I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.

  2. (transitive)To assert that something is not true.

    to deny a rumour to deny an allegation

    I deny that I was at the party.

    leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren

    отрица́тьotricátʹ, отверга́тьotvergátʹ, отве́ргнутьotvérgnutʹ

    запере́чуватиzaperéčuvaty, відкида́тиvidkydáty

  3. (ditransitive)To refuse to give or grant something to someone.

    My father denied me a good education.

    verweigern

    відхилитиvidxylyty

    refuse to grant, as of a petition or request

  4. To take something away from someone; to deprive of.

  5. (transitive)To prevent from scoring.

  6. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

    Jesus prophesied that by the time the cock crowed, Peter would have denied him three times.

    refuse to recognize or acknowledge

  7. (obsolete)To refuse (to do or accept something).

    refuse to accept or believe

Examples

1299 sentences

  1. It's a fact you can't deny.

    Це факт, який ти не можеш заперечувати. — deniko

    ruЭто невозможно отрицать. — soweli_Elepanto

    deDas ist eine Tatsache, die du nicht abstreiten kannst. — Tamy

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  2. Tom denied having ever met Mary.

    Том заперечував, що коли-небудь зустрічав Мері. — deniko

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  3. I won't deny it was difficult.

    Я не заперечуватиму, що це було складно. — deniko

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  4. No one can deny those facts.

    Ніхто не може заперечувати ці факти. — deniko

    ruНикто не может отрицать эти факты. — marafon

    deNiemand kann diese Tatsachen bestreiten. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  5. I've considered your request and have decided to deny it.

    Я розглянув твоє прохання і вирішив відмовити. — deniko

    ruЯ рассмотрел вашу просьбу и принял решение отклонить её. — odexed

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to assert that something is not true:
to refuse to give or grant something to someone:
Русский
By meaning 1
to assert that something is not true:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to assert that something is not true:
to refuse to give or grant something to someone:

Origin

From Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French déni

From Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French dénier), from Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), from de- (“away”) and negare (“to refuse”), the latter ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate.

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Forms

denies, denying, denied, denied
Base formdeny · to deny
3rd person singulardenies
Present participledenying
Past simpledenied
Past participledenied

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theydeny
he, she, itdenies

Past simpleLesson

all personsdenied

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave denied
he, she, ithas denied

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill deny

Synonyms

17 synonyms
contradictB2refuteB2disclaimgainsaywithsayforswearrenounceabjuredisavowdisownforsayrepudiatewash one's hands of
Close in meaning
  • refuse to let have:refuse
  • deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure:abnegate
  • deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit:traverse

Antonyms

5 antonyms
allowA2grantB1affirmconfirmB1
admit

Word family

16 related words
Relateddenialdenier
Deriveddeliedeniabilitydeniabledeniancedenyinglydeny ofdeny oneselfindeniablyplausibly denyredenyself-denyingundeniableundeniablyundenied

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • denied the accusation
  • denied the allegations
  • there's no denying
  • has repeatedly denied
  • confirm nor deny
  • denied any wrongdoing
  • request was denied
  • denied knowing knowing
  • no denying that
  • deny the fact
  • denied the charges
  • repeatedly denied

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
dentistA2dentistrydenturedenunciationC2deodorantdepartB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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