{
    "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’."
}