don't

Meaning

Verb

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

Intj

Stop!, Don't touch that!

Noun

Something that must not be done (usually in the phrase dos and don'ts).

Contraction

Contraction of done it.

Concepts

do not

non

not

don't

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 understand me ?

Don't you know it ?

I don't know that .

But I don't have it .

Why don't you say something ?

I don't want anything for myself .

But they don't count .

But don't let him interrupt you .