don't

Dictionary

Meaning

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

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.

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Sentences

Don’t you understand me ?

Don’t you understand me?

Don't you know it ?

Don't you know it?

I don't know that .

I don't know that.

But I don't have it .

But I don't have it.

Why don't you say
🗣️

something ?

Why don't you say something?

I don't want anything for myself .

I don't want anything for myself.

But they don't count
🔢

.

But they don't count.

But don't let him interrupt you .

But don't let him interrupt you.

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