English Explanatory Dictionary

not

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
  2. To no degree.
  3. Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.
  4. Used before a determiner phrase, a pronominal phrase etc. to convey a negative attitude (e.g. denial, sadness, anger) towards something.
  5. Used before a non-finite clause (especially a gerund-participial clause) or less commonly a determiner phrase to ironically convey some attitude (e.g. surprise, incredulity, amusement, embarrassment) towards something.
conj
  1. And not.
intj
  1. Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
noun
  1. An instance of using the word “not”; a negation or denial.
  2. Alternative letter-case form of NOT (“unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true”).
name
  1. Alternative spelling of Nut.
noun
  1. A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.

Pronunciation

/nɒt/ /nɔt/ en-uk-not.ogg /nɑt/ en-us-not.ogg [nɔ̟t] [nɞt] [näʔ]

Word forms

not not! nots Nut Nunut Nenet Nuit

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English not From Middle English not, nat, a variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), shortening of nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”). Cognate with Scots nat, naucht (“not”), Saterland Frisian nit (“not”), West Frisian net (“not”), Dutch niet (“not”), German nicht (“not”). Compare nought, naught and aught. More at no, wight, whit.

Synonyms

I don't think psych bender ¬ ! ~ ˈ

Related words

ain't aren't cannot can't daren't didn't doesn't don't forget-me-not hadn't hasn't have-not haven't isn't mightn't needn't neither no nor not bad not guilty not quite not think notwithstanding shan't shouldn't wasn't won't wouldn't if then else and or true false

Derived words

astronot could not get elected dogcatcher injucundity not again not a word Not-Deer not dog not-for-profit not necessarily notness notpology not-self not-so-hot notspot not to put too fine a point on it notwheat whatnot wherenot NAND NOR XNOR
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