can

Meaning

Verb

1. (auxiliary, defective) To know how to.
2. (auxiliary, defective) To be able to.
3. (auxiliary, defective, informal, modal) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
4. (auxiliary, defective, modal) To have the potential to; to be possible for (someone or something) to.
5. (auxiliary, defective, informal, modal) Used to form requests, typically polite.
6. (obsolete, transitive) To know.
7. (India, nonstandard, proscribed) To be (followed by a word like able, possible, allowed). third-person singular simple present indicative of can
8. (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary, intransitive) To be able to or know how to (do something); an accompanying verb is not required if it is already inferable from context.
9. (Manglish, Singlish, intransitive) To be fine or acceptable; to be possible; (with liao or already) to be enough. Often used in conjunction with a variety of clause-final particles, e.g., lah, meh or one, to express different attitudes towards the subject matter.

Intj

1. (Manglish, Singlish) OK, sure; indicates approval or acknowledgment.
2. (Manglish, Singlish) Used to convey reassurance.

Particle

OK(?); used at the end of a question when seeking approval or acknowledgment.

Noun

1. A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
2. A container or vessel, especially for liquids, usually made of metal.
3. A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
4. (archaic) A chamber pot.
5. (US, archaic, slang) A chamber pot.
6. (Canada, US, childish, slang, vulgar) Buttocks.
7. (Canada, US, slang, vulgar) The breasts of a woman.
8. (slang) Jail or prison.
9. (in-plural, slang) Headphones.
10. (archaic) A drinking cup.
11. A cylindrical buoy or marker used to denote a port-side lateral mark
12. A chimney pot.
13. (in-plural, slang) An E-meter used in Scientology auditing.
14. (US, slang) An ounce (or sometimes, two ounces) of marijuana.
15. A protective cover for the fuel element in a nuclear reactor.

Opposite of

cannot, can't, may not, mayn't

Synonyms

tin

able

may

be able to

able to

be able

tin can

toilet

🚽

lavatory

jar

🫙

lav

possible

john

pot

bathroom

container

jug

box

📦

backside

posterior

privy

derriere

restroom

🚻

loo

buttocks

buns

bottom

sack

rear

washroom

behind

hindquarters

hind end

bottle

ass

🍑

seat

💺

rump

fanny

arse

nates

put up

rear end

tail

could

prat

keister

butt

bum

fundament

preserve

Translations

pouvoir

poder

können

potere

lata

kunnen

Dose

📦

poder

boîte

📦

toilette

🚽

lattina

poder

scatola

📦

μπορώ

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: can

Inherited from Old English: cann

Inherited from Middle English: canne

Inherited from Old English: canne

In summary

From Middle English can, first and third person singular of connen, cunnen (“to be able, know how”), from Old English can(n), first and third person singular of cunnan (“to know how”), from Proto-West Germanic *kunnan, from Proto-Germanic *kunnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵneh₃- (whence also know). Doublet of con. See also: canny, cunning.

Sentences

I can do no more .

I can learn something from the desert , too .

But , if you can , try to make your own decisions .

Sometimes I wonder how there can be so many stars in the sky .

" I can clean up those glasses in the window , if you want ," said the boy .

Drinking too much water in a short period of time can be lethal .