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1. (adv.) not
(used to express negation, denial, refusal, prohibition, etc.):
It's not far from here. Are they coming or not? You must not think about it.
2. (n.) NOT
a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
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| Definition of 'not' |
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1. (adverb) not, non
negation of a word or group of words
"he does not speak French"; "she is not going"; "they are not friends"; "not many"; "not much"; "not at all"
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1. (adverb) not
used to make a word, phrase, or sentence negative
I am not leaving.; She doesn't like him.; I asked you not to read that.; Not everyone is as smart as you are.; It wasn't much fun.
2. not
not even
emphasizes sth is surprising because it did not happen
Not even the kids liked the cookies.; He didn't even try to help.
3. not
not at all
emphasizes sth negative
It doesn't taste good at all.
4. not
not one/not a single
emphasizes nobody or nothing did sth
Not a single person came.
5. not
used to express the negative alternative to what has just been said
Do you want it, or not?; "Is it going to rain?" "I hope not."
6. not
used to ask a question to which the answer is expected to be "yes"
That was a good book, wasn't it?; We learned a lot, didn't we?
7. not
not that ...
used to make what you have just said sound less strong
He really wants the job - not that enthusiasm is a bad thing.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) not
shorn; shaven
2. (adverb) not
a word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal
3. not
wot not; know not; knows not
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Sense: (often abbreviated ton't) a word used for denying, forbidding, refusing, or expressing the opposite of something
I did not see him; I didn't see him; He isn't here; Isn't he coming?; They told me not to go; Not a single person came to the party; We're going to London, not Paris; That's not true!
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 Afrikaans: is nie |
 Arabic: لا، لن: كَلِمَه تُسْتَعْم |
 Bulgarian: не е |
 Brazilian: não |
 Czech: ne |
 German: nicht |
 Danish: ikke |
 Greek: δεν, μη(ν), όχι, ούτε |
 Spanish: no |
 Estonian: ei |
 Farsi: خير؛ حرف منفى |
 Finnish: ei |
 French: ne...pas |
 Hebrew: לא |
 Hindi: नहीं |
 Croatian: ne, nije |
 Hungarian: nem |
 Indonesian: tidak |
 Icelandic: ekki |
 Italian: non |
 Japanese: ～でない |
 Korean: …아니다 |
 Lithuanian: ne |
 Latvian: nolieguma partikula (‘ne' |
 Malay: bukan |
 Dutch: niet |
 Norwegian: ikke |
 Polish: nie |
 Persian: خير؛ حرف منفى |
 Pashto: نه |
 Portuguese: não |
 Romanian: nu; nici |
 Russian: не; ни |
 Slovak: nie |
 Slovenian: ne |
 Serbian: ne |
 Swedish: inte |
 Thai: ไม่ |
 Turkish: değil, yok, ...-me/ma |
 Taiwanese: 不(表示否認、拒絕或反對) |
 Ukrainian: не |
 Urdu: حرف نفي، نہيں |
 Vietnamese: không |
 Chinese: 不（用以表示否定、否认、拒绝、禁止等） |
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