denies
USduh-NYZ/dəˈnaɪz/UKdi-NYZ/dɪˈnaɪz/
- 1Third-person singular simple present of deny.
The spokesperson denies any wrongdoing on the part of the company.
The policy denies benefits to anyone who misses the deadline.
Note
The spelling changes but the sound does not: a verb ending in a consonant plus y turns y into ie before the -s, so deny gives denies. In the sense of refusing someone something, the form often takes two objects with no preposition (it denies the applicant a hearing), alongside the pattern with to (it denies a hearing to the applicant). Both carry the same meaning.
The judge denies him bail.
The rule denies new members a vote.
denies is a form of deny
deny, verb: To state firmly that something claimed by others is not true. Full entry
- Spelling
- deny → denies: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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