not

Senso

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

Pronunciato come (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.

Frasi

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

Ok, al momento non c'è molto da fare.

They certainly did not waste it either .

Certamente non lo hanno sprecato neanche.

Do not cross the yellow line .

Non attraversare la linea gialla.

Philip knew that she was not an Indian .

Philip sapeva che non era un indiano.

And after the bath a shave would not be bad .

E dopo il bagno una rasatura non sarebbe male.

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

La vendetta non è il mio stile, ma ovviamente accadranno incidenti.

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

A volte l'anima umana è concepita non in forma umana ma in forma animale.

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

Le recensioni che hanno scritto su Internet non sono state del tutto oggettiva.