don't

Meaning

Verb

1. do not (negative auxiliary)
2. (nonstandard) does not
3. Used before an emphatic negative subject.

Intj

Stop!

Noun

Chiefly in dos and don'ts: something that must or should not be done.

Contraction

Contraction of done it.

Opposite of

do

Synonyms

do not

non

not

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Translations

μη

ne

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non

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/dəʊnt/

Etymology

From do + -n't.
Depending on dialect, its use in the third-person singular may be from elision (in these dialects "does" is used when not in the negative) or from not using -s to mark the third-person singular at all.

Sentences

Don't you know it ?

I don't think I know that one .

Don't say those things !

Don't let anybody in or out .

But don't let that out of your sight .

Don't forget that everything you deal with is only one thing and nothing else .