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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
deny
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
categorically deny/refuse etc sth
▪ He has categorically denied his guilt all along.
confirm or deny
▪ Managers have so far refused to confirm or deny reports that up to 200 jobs are to go.
deny a claim (=say it is not true)
▪ Government officials denied claims that the country possessed chemical weapons.
deny a report
▪ Government officials have denied reports of rebel advances.
deny a rumour
▪ He is denying rumors that he plans to drop out of the race.
deny liability (=say you are not responsible for something)
▪ The defendants continued to deny liability for Peck's death.
deny murder (=say that you did not kill someone)
▪ The four accused men all deny murder.
deny responsibility for sth
▪ The company denied responsibility for the oil spillage.
deny sb a right (=not allow someone to do something they have the right to do )
▪ Women were denied the right to vote.
deny the existence of sth (=say that something does not exists)
▪ He strongly denied the existence of God.
deny/admit a charge
▪ All three men denied the charge of manslaughter.
deny/dismiss an accusation
▪ The government denied accusations of corruption.
hotly debated/disputed/denied etc
▪ The rumor has been hotly denied.
refuse/deny sb a visa
▪ The Lebanese embassy refused him a visa.
refuse/deny (sb) entry (=stop someone entering)
▪ He was refused entry to the club because he was wearing trainers.
refuse/deny (sb) permission
▪ Betty's father refused her permission to attend the dance.
There is no denying (=they are definitely suffering)
▪ There is no denying the suffering of these families .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
also
▪ He also denied illegally possessing police documents.
▪ Nagel also denied he was leaving Apple because it is financially strapped.
▪ She also denies 11 alternative charges of causing grievous bodily harm.
▪ Jibli also denied wrongdoing but was ordered held for four days for investigation.
▪ Pte Clegg also denied lying to police during interviews about the car posing a threat to Pte Aindow.
▪ The agency also denied employee and news reports that at least 300 workers were given pink slips last week.
▪ Hence he also denies they were stolen from him.
▪ The ex-bodyguard also denies he was trying to buy votes.
categorically
▪ Indeed, he had categorically denied that there was any danger.
▪ As he did when he first took the stand in November, Simpson categorically denied ever hitting or punching Nicole.
▪ We categorically deny that we have ever cheated or tampered illegally with any match ball in any game during our careers.
flatly
▪ The allegation that there had been a military show of strength was flatly denied by Yakovlev on May 4.
▪ Many scientists flatly denied the possibility.
▪ No member of the family knew her exact age and whatever they might have guessed she would have denied flatly.
▪ This, indeed, is something which the average person will at first flatly deny.
▪ But Democrats flatly denied that the subcommittee already had unanimously agreed to recommend a reprimand.
strenuously
▪ This has been strenuously denied by Capt Brown.
▪ They have not yet been asked to plead, but in public statements have strenuously denied paying bribes.
strongly
▪ Mr Singh has strongly denied these allegations in the Press and wishes to do so again.
▪ In a letter to his House colleagues Thursday, Rangel strongly denied he had divulged confidential information.
▪ Nicholson has always strongly denied the view that his films could have influenced anyone in their decision whether or not to indulge in drugs.
▪ The reports were strongly denied by the Kings.
▪ Claims of harassment have been strongly denied.
▪ This was strongly denied by Sir Patrick.
▪ He strongly denies this, of course, but who but a dedicated optimist could have so much confidence?
▪ They strongly denied that changes would be used to ensure that women's organisations were union-dominated.
vehemently
▪ Mr Thompson always vehemently denied he was involved in criminal affairs.
▪ Of course the Supervisor vehemently denied any possibility of a fix.
▪ Craxi vehemently denied the allegations and refused to resign at a closed meeting of the party executive on Dec. 17.
▪ Kantor acknowledged arguing with the driver but vehemently denied making any threats.
▪ Burrows vehemently denies being anywhere near here, and swears he didn't commit the murder.
▪ He vehemently denied testimony that he struck his wife outside a veterinary clinic or on a beach in Laguna in 1986.
▪ Meanwhile, Kurt repeatedly and vehemently denied taking heroin.
▪ He was vague about both, but vehemently denied travelling via Cross Street.
■ NOUN
access
▪ For the next seven weeks, Gobalkrishnan was held in solitary confinement and denied access to a lawyer or his family.
▪ On what grounds can they deny access?
▪ However, they soon comprised, for the most part, Roma children who were denied access to mainstream education.
▪ Indeed, advocates for the elderly say some seniors have complained about being denied access to home health benefits.
▪ Unemployment is at 38 %, and thousands are being denied access to humanitarian aid, food supplies and work.
▪ It is important for administrators to protect against denial-of-service threats without denying access to legitimate users.
▪ This increase occurred after the 1996 Asylum and Immigration Act, which denied refugees access to social housing, began to bite.
▪ An energy membrane denies access to anyone wearing any protective garments.
accusation
▪ Naimski, who denied the coup accusations, was dismissed.
▪ The bank has denied the accusations.
▪ The organizers had strongly denied government accusations that the protest was an attempt to heighten political tensions.
▪ But law enforcement and government representatives have unequivocally denied the accusations.
▪ Jack furiously denied Harry's accusations.
▪ Just as frequently, Buchanan denies those accusations.
allegation
▪ Winter denies the allegation and those who know him dismiss the charge as absurd.
▪ However, Premium denied the allegations in papers filed with the court.
▪ Mr Singh has strongly denied these allegations in the Press and wishes to do so again.
▪ Operators of the club deny the allegations.
▪ They deny allegations that torture and ill-treatment are widespread.
▪ Williams, however, denies the allegations.
▪ He denied allegations that a threatened boycott of Idaho potatoes by pro-choice advocates had influenced his decision to veto the bill.
▪ McConville and Lurgan Community workshop initially denied the allegations but later admitted them.
chance
▪ They're planted quite closely together to deny any weeds a chance of seeing the sunshine.
▪ The residents of both states are denied a chance to find productive labor in all fifty states.
▪ Keep them out and you deny them the chance to share in our unpopularity.
▪ But Democrats threatened to disrupt the proceedings on welfare reform if the alternative was denied a chance on the floor.
▪ Alan Knott is denied the chance to pounce.
▪ Movements in time tend to become ragged coalitions in disguise, denying voters the chance to make clear choices.
▪ Who are they to be denied any chance of having future pension rights secured under new clause 4 and amendment No. 17?
charge
▪ Bush branded him a womaniser, a pot-smoker, a draft-dodger - charges which were all denied.
▪ The three men agreed to settle the charges without admitting or denying wrongdoing.
claim
▪ Le Carre repeatedly denied the claim.
▪ Gerald Kingsland, now in New Zealand, denies the claims.
▪ The couple - a man and a woman - deny the claim.
▪ In this way beliefs and values are denied their claim to be real knowledge.
▪ Those who persevere are nearly always told that the teacher has denied their claims.
▪ He denies the claim from opponents that foxhunting is a barbaric sport.
▪ The Navy has denied his claims.
existence
▪ She could not exactly deny the existence of what she thought of as the stranger within.
▪ The organization may simply deny the existence of these consequences or look on them as the inevitable costs of doing business.
▪ Few would deny the existence of class differences.
▪ No universe is possible that denies the existence of that mind.
▪ No doubt this is the truth on which Hume relied in denying the existence of the Self as commonly conceived.
▪ How can a child or young person immediately grieve for some one who denies their existence in that way?
▪ So the idea is that you have to pretend not to have periods, deny their existence.
▪ All too often we preferred to deny their existence than acknowledge the presence of mental illness.
government
▪ The government denied that the changes had been precipitated by disagreements on economic strategy.
▪ That was bad for the lawyers, because the government could deny use of drug money to pay for attorneys' fees.
▪ Jia's wife, Lin Youfang, recently gave a government-approved interview denying she was involved in the case.
▪ But law enforcement and government representatives have unequivocally denied the accusations.
▪ Yasuo Fukuda, the government spokesman, yesterday denied that the government planned any measures to offset this problem.
▪ The government denied the allegations contained in the report.
▪ In spite of the government admissions, Buthelezi denied knowledge of any payments.
involvement
▪ They are always going to deny any involvement.
▪ A newly discovered memo indicates the first lady ordered the firing, although she has denied any involvement.
▪ All the Kashmiri guerrilla groups denied any involvement in the assassination, and many blamed the government security forces.
▪ These leaders have all denied involvement in any coup attempt.
▪ Mr Francis Keenan, defending, said Mackin denied any involvement in the robbery.
▪ She has denied any active involvement.
▪ During her trial last May she denied all involvement.
▪ But Bonior, the second-ranking House Democrat, denied any direct involvement.
knowledge
▪ But he added Mr Murphy had always denied any knowledge of an attack on Riley.
▪ Oracle has denied knowledge of the detective agency's methods, which included sifting through rubbish bins.
▪ In his videotaped testimony, Clinton denied any knowledge of the loan diversion.
▪ President Clinton apologized, denied knowledge of any wrongdoing and conceded a mistake had been made.
▪ Mr Mugabe has denied prior knowledge of the land seizures, although he said the government welcomed and supported the occupations.
▪ The case ended in a deadlocked jury and a mistrial after King denied any personal knowledge of the scheme and blamed co-workers.
▪ Another soldier, H, has denied knowledge of any such event, or of robbing the man inside the vehicle.
▪ I hold the police responsible for my son's death Voice over Police denied any knowledge of who was on the bike.
official
▪ First, officials can deny responsibility.
▪ University officials deny that his pending resignation is related to the financial mishaps.
▪ But the officials deny there was any intention to kill.
▪ Hubbell and White House officials adamantly deny the charge.
▪ But military officials denied any such changes are being contemplated.
▪ Law enforcement officials have denied knowing of any threats against the police chief before he was ambushed on Feb. 27.
▪ Party officials deny the charges and say they were arrested because of their opposition activities.
▪ Uydess said the company covered up findings that cigarettes were addictive, a charge tobacco industry officials have repeatedly denied.
opportunity
▪ And the wider community is denied the opportunity to deal with the issue compassionately.
▪ Why deny Darnell an opportunity to pursue a life outside football?
▪ This denies market participants the opportunity to argue that a particular merger or dominant firm practice does offer efficiency gains.
▪ Yet we systematically deny these individuals the opportunity to engage in meaningful ways with the adult world.
▪ If discrimination denies them opportunity in one place and offers it to them elsewhere, they will take it.
▪ The Richmond Plan denies certain citizens the opportunity to compete for a fixed percentage of public contracts based solely upon their race.
▪ So Jobs denied them the opportunity.
report
▪ Buckingham Palace has denied a report that senior royal officials said the marriage had run into difficulties.
▪ His spokesmen have consistently denied the reports.
▪ At the time Thornburgh denied the report and launched a controversial investigation into the source of the leak.
▪ Just recently, Pavarotti denied reports that he plans to quit opera to concentrate on recitals.
▪ Acer denied a report that it would make electronic games on behalf of Nintendo.
▪ A spokesman for Mr Berlusconi declined to confirm or deny the reports.
▪ The defence ministry denied the report.
▪ Nirex deny that the report identified any new problems.
request
▪ Because it has to be dealt with at a personal level, some find it difficult to deny the request.
▪ The league office denied Jones' request, saying Stewart has played this way all year.
▪ Last November, after Mr Wahid denied a pardon request, the younger Suharto went into hiding.
▪ In his ruling, Smalkin denied the request for damages.
▪ They denied a request by the hospital to repeat the study at their own expense.
▪ The ruling also denies a request from state health officials to have Lake County pay for 24-hour, guarded supervision of Sherrod.
▪ The commissioners said they denied Mr Stone's request to use this floor for fear of disrupting museum visitors.
▪ The Lurie Company denied his request.
right
▪ The other side beats people, humiliates them, escalates its campaign to deny them their rights.
▪ Indignant, some rejected both questions as long as they were denied their constitutional rights.
▪ They deny their own law, denying my right, and the precedent is there to stead them in the next encroachment.
▪ But the continuing insistence of the press that it was being denied its constitutional rights kept the door ajar.
▪ The hostile reception of Alford's views led him to reflect that he was being denied the parliamentary right of free speech.
▪ Those who claim that the obligation to obey the law is primafacie only implicitly deny it that right.
▪ They are also denied the statutory right to bring their dependants or claim supplementary benefits.
■ VERB
confirm
▪ International athletics officials insisted they could neither confirm nor deny the report.
▪ Seven of the cases were settled, although the accused neither confirmed nor denied the charges.
▪ Malcolm would neither confirm nor deny it.
▪ He would neither confirm nor deny that Smith was the officer accused by Kennedy.Smith has not been a prominent officer.
▪ He may wish to confirm or deny those figures.
▪ Because Burns refused to discuss intelligence issues, he did not confirm or deny the existence of the intelligence report.
▪ BAe refused to confirm or deny any interest.
▪ Morris neither confirmed nor denied the story, which had been pursued by the Star, a supermarket tabloid.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
flatly refuse/deny/oppose etc sth
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Bowlam denied all charges of selling drugs to children.
▪ Did he actually deny meeting Jenny that night?
▪ His parents denied him the opportunity to go to university.
▪ I realized I'd been denying a lot of angry feelings toward my mother.
▪ I saw you do it, so don't try to deny it!
▪ Parry's appeal to the courts was denied.
▪ She has been denied the right to appeal to the Supreme Court.
▪ The act of stealing denied everything she had been taught.
▪ The foreman had not informed us that the paraffin might explode. In fact he had categorically denied there was any danger.
▪ The scientists have been denied the necessary funds for their research program.
▪ The singer denies that he copied the tune from an old Beatles song.
▪ Up to 450 disaster victims were denied compensation by their insurers.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Children may be denied the possibility of such abuse being detected.
▪ The defendants deny conspiracy to defraud.
▪ The hummocks denied any sure footing.
▪ The network has denied the charges.
▪ To deny older women access to routine screening is both contra-indicated and explicitly discriminatory.
▪ Yet we systematically deny these individuals the opportunity to engage in meaningful ways with the adult world.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deny

Deny \De*ny"\, v. i. To answer in ??? negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.

Then Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid.
--Gen. xviii. 15.

Deny

Deny \De*ny"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Denied; p. pr. & vb. n. Denying.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. d['e]nier, fr. L. denegare; de- + negare to say no, deny. See Negation.]

  1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.

    Note: We deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself.

  2. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] ``If you deny to dance.''
    --Shak.

  3. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.

    Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies?
    --Pope.

    To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it.
    --J. Edwards.

  4. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.

    The falsehood of denying his opinion.
    --Bancroft.

    Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved.
    --Keble.

    To deny one's self, to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self-denial.

    Let him deny himself, and take up his cross.
    --Matt. xvi. 24.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
deny

early 14c., from Old French denoiir "deny, repudiate, withhold," from Latin denegare "to deny, reject, refuse" (source of Italian dinegarre, Spanish denegar), from de- "away" (see de-) + negare "refuse, say 'no,' " from Old Latin nec "not," from Italic base *nek- "not," from PIE root *ne- "no, not" (see un-). Related: Denied; denying.

Wiktionary
deny

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To not allow. 2 (context transitive English) To assert that something is not true.

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WordNet
deny

  1. v. declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" [ant: admit]

  2. refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness"

  3. refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"

  4. refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" [syn: refuse] [ant: allow]

  5. deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits" [syn: abnegate]

  6. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit [syn: traverse]

  7. refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus"

  8. [also: denied]

Wikipedia
Deny (album)

Deny is the second album released by the Ex Pistols in 1992. Due to the cover art, the band is often mis-credited as the "Sexless Pistols" in writing (as "Ex Pistols" is the only part of the name written using the same style and because of the use of the dollar symbol, it could easily be interpreted as a way of suggesting that the band were low on funds).

The album itself isn't an official, chart worthy album, but a promo pressing of approximately 600 copies. It was given to fans of the Sex Pistols, and occasionally left in Virgin Record stores with a sticker on the front of the sleeve stating that it was actually free. There has never been much information given as to when and why the album was distributed, and as it was never available to purchase it is obviously not readily available. The record itself has become somewhat of a collector's item and copies are occasionally sold on eBay at varying prices.

The album is made up of completely original Ex Pistols songs, and most tracks that had been previously included on other releases are re-recorded on this album. Most copies came complete with a two-sided printed sheet that was also produced by Dave Goodman: a mish-mash of lyrics in a typical Jamie Reid style, and a background made up of various phrases that play on the 'fake Pistols' theme of the band (for example: "Never Trust A Yuppie", "Hash From Chaos" and "Never Mind The Ollocks Here's The Ex Pistols", as opposed to "Never Trust A Hippy, "Cash From Chaos" and "Never Mind The Bollocks Here's The Sex Pistols").

A number of the songs from this album are used for the soundtrack of the DVD "Chaos! - Ex Pistols Secret History", which details Dave Goodman and his involvement with the Sex Pistols.

Deny

Denial, in ordinary English usage, is asserting that a statement or allegation is not true.

Deny may also refer to:

Deny (The Clash song)
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Deny (Default song)

"Deny" is a song by Canadian post-grunge band Default and the second single from their 2001 debut album, The Fallout. It reached #7 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock chart and was featured on the video game NHL 2003. "Deny" is recognizable for its aggressive, hard-hitting style in contrast to the more melodic tones of Default's previous single. It was marked an AMG Track Pick by Andy Hinds of Allmusic.

Deny (band)

Deny (as known as DENY) is an Argentine post-hardcore band based in Buenos Aires.

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Usage examples of "deny".

It denied, in the second place, that there is any principle of law, common or otherwise, which pervades the Union except such as are embodied in the Constitution and the acts of Congress.

Webster, an admitted pedophile, had adamantly denied ever having seen either of the boys, and all throughout the trial, had sworn his innocence, had sworn that someone else was responsible for their disappearance.

This Adams had not denied, but praised his son-in-law as a brave and able soldier who had more than proven himself in the Revolution.

Possibly, as John Quincy surmised, it was because Adams had denied him his chance for military glory, humiliated him at Trenton, and made his army superfluous.

Arab menaces Medina, The Aethiop has intrenched himself in Sennaar, And keeps the Egyptian rebel well employed, Who denies homage, claims investiture As price of tardy aid.

As much as she wanted to deny it, the stories she had read, the legends of an ancient civilization, the words written in the journal Aisling had left for her, all whispered to a truth hidden deep within her.

The published records of the Inquisition refer incessantly to preachers of this kind who denied private property, asserted that no rich man could get to heaven, and attacked the practice of almsgiving as something utterly immoral.

SFWA, Phil thinks, the Science Fiction Writers of America, Emmet is so right about them, the Swine Fucking Whores of Amerika, they may deny that they have anything to do with the pirate edition, but their bleatings about censorship and their insidious promotion of this blatant violation of my copyright proves they want to drag me down to their level.

The Anabaptists denied that they were communists, but the leaders were bound over to keep the peace, some were fined and others banished.

This would deny the invaders easy access to the Anchors and their master computers and force them to come out overland.

Here it meant the face of Inti, shown as he came in majesty in the Andean dawn to wipe away the dark, the cold, to blind the stars and deny with his own immortality the fact of death.

Among antivivisectionists there are those who belive that any human being who could thus subject animals to torment would not find it impossible to deny the fact.

It is open, of course, to an antivivisectionist to deny the right of science to profit by the exploitation of animals, but this is not the position of a large number who seek only to prevent the cruelty which has often accompanied it.

But there were definite advantages of Roman rule, which no Antiochene denied, although their comic actors and the slaves who sang at private entertainments mocked the Romans and invented accusations of injustice and extortion that were even more outrageous than the truth.

As a result of this massive three-pronged amphibious operation, North Africa west of Tunisia was denied to the Axis, valuable airdromes, military, naval and antisubmarine bases were secured, and foundations laid for driving the Germans out of North Africa.