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# deny

«deny» in Mova's school dictionary: **to say that it is not true** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (deny, denies, denied, denying)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To deny something is to say that it is not true. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deny/#m1)

2) To deny that you did something is to say you did not do it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deny/#m2)

3) To deny someone something is to refuse to give or allow it to them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deny/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and lessons on honesty, a character denies breaking the vase or eating the cake; if the evidence shows otherwise, they are not telling the truth. In law and history, people are denied rights. Phrases: deny it, deny doing something, deny that, deny access, can't deny.

### examples

- He denied eating the last biscuit, but he had crumbs on his chin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deny/#x1)
- She denied that she had told the secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deny/#x2)
- You can't deny that you were late. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deny/#x3)
- The guard denied them entry to the castle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deny/#x4)
- The dog was denied a treat because he chewed the shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deny/#x5)
- Nobody can deny that she worked hard. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deny/#x6)
- The teacher asked who did it, and everyone denied it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deny/#x7)
- The queen turned very red and hot, but couldn’t deny it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deny/#x8)

### note

Verb: deny, denies, denied, denying (y becomes ie before -s and -ed). Noun: denial. Patterns: deny doing (He denied taking it), deny that. Opposite: admit, confirm. Denying something does not make it false or true.

### In the corpora

- ["Plausible deniability" means an arrangement that lets leaders deny they knew about something.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/24-government-spin/6/)
- [The liar's dividend means people use the existence of fakes to deny things that really happened.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/32-bots-troll-farms-and-deepfakes/11/)
- [Then Sarah denied, saying: 'I laughed not'; for she was afraid.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.456/)
- [And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not.' And she said unto him: 'Say on.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.74/)
- [Two things have I asked of Thee; deny me them not before I die:](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.871/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «deny» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/deny/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.