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 →

2) To deny that you did something is to say you did not do it. tree →

3) To deny someone something is to refuse to give or allow it to them. tree →

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 →
• She denied that she had told the secret. tree →
• You can't deny that you were late. tree →
• The guard denied them entry to the castle. tree →
• The dog was denied a treat because he chewed the shoe. tree →
• Nobody can deny that she worked hard. tree →
• The teacher asked who did it, and everyone denied it. tree →
• The queen turned very red and hot, but couldn’t deny it. tree →

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.
• The liar's dividend means people use the existence of fakes to deny things that really happened.
• Then Sarah denied, saying: 'I laughed not'; for she was afraid.
• And now I ask one petition of thee, deny me not.' And she said unto him: 'Say on.'
• Two things have I asked of Thee; deny me them not before I die:

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «deny» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.