how to pronounce deny

/dɪˈnaɪ/

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deny is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of deny in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… human need to deny the finality of death …”

meaning of deny

Deny means to refuse to accept or acknowledge the truth of something.

deny frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word deny occurs in english on average 22.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics deny can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that deny can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;