not
Significado (Inglês)
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- Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
- To no degree.
- Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.
- Used before a noun phrase or pronominal phrase to denote an aversion to its presence or occurrence.
- (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.
Sinônimos
don’t
negative particle
do not
doesn’t
won’t you
not available
not present
negative prefix
even not
not also
like a hole in one’s head
of necessity
there is not
Freqüência
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/nɒt/
Etimologia (Inglês)
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.
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