not

Significat

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 noun phrase or pronominal phrase to denote an aversion to its presence or occurrence.
5. (informal) Used before a determiner phrase or a non-finite clause (especially a gerund-participial clause) to convey some attitude (such as surprise, criticism, or embarrassment) towards someone or something, without conveying negation.

Conj

And not.

Intj

Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.

Noun

Alternative letter-case form of NOT

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/nɒt/

Etimologia

From Middle English not, nat, variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), short for 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.

Sents

Okay , there is not a lot to do at the moment .

They certainly did not waste it either .

Do not cross the yellow line .

Philip knew that she was not an Indian .

And after the bath a shave would not be bad .

Revenge is not my style , but obviously accidents will happen .

Sometimes the human soul is conceived not in human but in animal form .

The reviews they wrote on the Internet were not quite objective .