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kænt, kɑntcan't

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  1. can't

    The English modal verbs are a subset of the English auxiliary verbs used mostly to express modality (properties such as possibility, obligation, etc.). They can be distinguished from other verbs by their defectiveness (they do not have participle or infinitive forms) and by their neutralization (that they do not take the ending -(e)s in the third-person singular). The principal English modal verbs are can, could, may, might, shall, should, will, would, and must. Certain other verbs are sometimes classed as modals; these include ought, had better, and (in certain uses) dare and need. Verbs which share only some of the characteristics of the principal modals are sometimes called "quasi-modals", "semi-modals", or "pseudo-modals".

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  1. can't

    "Can't" is a contraction of the phrase "cannot." It is used to express the inability or impossibility to do something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Can't

    a colloquial contraction for can not

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Can't

    känt, a colloquial contraction for Cannot.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of can't in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of can't in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of can't in a Sentence

  1. Dennis Bautista:

    It feels good to be able to help out. I can't imagine what Pemba Tamang went through, pemba Tamang is a brave young man.

  2. Douglas Gentile:

    A risk factor for addiction is access, it's really hard to get addicted to drugs if you can't get them.

  3. Matt Keller:

    I want to say to Senator Manchin: If you can't bring this bill to the floor and support transformational reform and the most sweeping civil rights bill in 50 years, then what the hell is the Senate for?

  4. Joe Manchin:

    Everyone thinks is a side deal. There's no side, there was only one we looked at, we need energy, we need energy security. And if you're going to have energy insecurity, if that permitting reform, you can't get it down, so it's all part of the same.

  5. J. K. Rowling:

    There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.


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