- NOT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
Not is one of the most common words we use to indicate negation It is often shortened to n’t and joined to an auxiliary verb or modal verb: … Not in negative statements (She hasn’t …, I did not …)
- NOT Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Not definition: (used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition) See examples of NOT used in a sentence
- Not - definition of not by The Free Dictionary
In conversation, when not is used after be, have, do, or a modal, it is not usually pronounced in full When you write down what someone says, you usually represent not as n't and add it to the verb in front of it
- NOT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
You use not when you are contrasting something that is true with something that is untrue You use this especially to indicate that people might think that the untrue statement is true
- Not - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
The adverb not is used for negation Do you like drinking cod liver oil? No, I do not like drinking cod liver oil
- not - WordReference. com Dictionary of English
(used before a singular count noun) not even one (expressing emphasis about the lack of something):[~ + a one + noun] He had not a penny to his name Not a single missile got through the defense system
- not - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
In this case not cannot appear after the verb; some authorities recommend placing it before to to avoid a split infinitive, but for most speakers the forms not to do and to not do are more or less interchangeable, with the latter being mostly informal
- NOT | meaning - Cambridge Learners Dictionary
NOT definition: 1 used to form a negative phrase after verbs like 'be', 'can', 'have', 'will', 'must', etc… Learn more
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