- 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
Definition of 'not' not (nɒt ) Not is often shortened to n't in spoken English, and added to the auxiliary or modal verb For example, 'did not' is often shortened to 'didn't'
- 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 with verbs like[be, have,]and[do,]and with modal verbs, to express the opposite of the main verb, and also to express denial, refusal, prohibiting, etc : I do not remember the answer You must not think about it It's not far from here They are not coming
- 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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