to deny a rumour

  • 1deny */*/*/ — UK [dɪˈnaɪ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms deny : present tense I/you/we/they deny he/she/it denies present participle denying past tense denied past participle denied 1) a) to say that you did not do something that someone has accused you of… …

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  • 2rumour — n. 1) to circulate, spread a rumour 2) to confirm a rumour 3) to deny; dispel, spike a rumour 4) an idle, unfounded, wild rumour 5) an unconfirmed; vague rumour 6) rumours circulate, fly, spread 7) a rumour that + clause (we heard a rumour that… …

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  • 3rumour — (BrE) (AmE rumor) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ malicious, nasty, scurrilous, ugly, vicious ▪ baseless, false, unconfirmed, u …

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  • 4deny — verb 1 say sth is not true ADVERB ▪ adamantly, emphatically, fiercely, firmly, hotly, steadfastly (esp. AmE), strenuously, strongly, vehemently, vigorou …

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  • 6interestingly — in|terest|ing|ly [ˈıntrıstıŋli] adv 1.) [sentence adverb] used to introduce a fact that you think is interesting ▪ Interestingly, none of their three children ever married. ▪ Interestingly enough , Pearson made no attempt to deny the rumour. 2.)… …

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  • 7interestingly — adverb 1 (sentence adverb) used to introduce a fact that you think is interesting: Interestingly enough, Pearson made no attempt to deny the rumour. 2 in an interesting way …

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  • 8camp — I UK [kæmp] / US noun Word forms camp : singular camp plural camps *** 1) [countable/uncountable] a place with tents or other shelters where people go for a holiday The kids were sent away to camp every summer. She s spending two weeks at a music …

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  • 9camp*/*/ — [kæmp] noun I 1) [C] a place where soldiers or prisoners live during a war 2) [C/U] a place where people go for a holiday that often has tents or other temporary shelters music camp[/ex] scout camp[/ex] 3) [C] a group of people who support a… …

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  • 10split an infinitive — split an inˈfinitive idiom to place an adverb between ‘to’ and the infinitive of a verb, for example to say ‘to strongly deny a rumour’. Some people consider this to be bad English style. Main entry: ↑splitidiom …

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