nier

nier [nje]

➭ TABLE 7 transitive verb

to deny

• il nie les avoir vus he denies having seen them

• nier l'évidence to deny the obvious

• l'accusé a nié the accused denied the charges

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nje

verbe transitif to deny [fait, existence, signature]; to repudiate [dette]

nier une faute — to deny having made a mistake

nier l'évidence — to refuse to face up to the facts

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nje vt

to deny

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nier verb table: plier vtr to deny [fait, existence, signature]; to repudiate [dette]; nier que to deny that; nier avoir fait qch to deny doing sth; nier à qn le droit de faire to deny sb his/her right to do; nier sa culpabilité to deny one's guilt; nier tout en bloc to deny everything; on ne peut nier que nobody can deny that; nier un crime to deny having committed a crime; nier une faute to deny having made a mistake; nier l'évidence to refuse to face up to the facts.

[nje] verbe transitif

1. [démentir] to deny

il nie l'avoir tuée he denies that he killed her, he denies killing her

je nierai tout en bloc I'll deny it all outright

cela, on ne peut le nier that cannot be denied

2. [rejeter, refuser] to deny

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[nje] verbe intransitif

il continue de nier he continues to deny it