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not
1[ not ]
adverb
- (used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition):
You must not do that. It's not far from here.
- U.S. Slang. (used jocularly as a postpositive interjection to indicate that a previous statement is untrue):
I just love working overtime without pay. Not!
NOT
2[ not ]
noun
- a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
not-
3- variant of noto- before a vowel.
not
1/ ɒ /
adverb
- used to negate the sentence, phrase, or word that it modifies
I will not stand for it
- ( in combination )
they cannot go
- not thatconjunction which is not to say or suppose that Also (archaic)not but what
I expect to lose the game — not that I mind
sentence substitute
- used to indicate denial, negation, or refusal
certainly not
not-
2combining_form
- a variant of noto-
yvlog History and Origins
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of not1
Idioms and Phrases
- not so much, Informal. (an expression of dismissive scorn, ambivalence, or skepticism):
Attractive? Yes. Smart? Not so much.
Is the world coming to an end? Yeah, not so much.
More idioms and phrases containing not
- all that glitters is not gold
- (not) all there
- (not) at all
- believe it or not
- caught dead, not be
- (not a) Chinaman's chance
- coming or going, not know if
- do as I say (not as I do)
- game is not worth the candle
- heart (not) in it
- hold one's breath, not
- (not) in the least
- (not) in the mood
- it's (not) your funeral
- last but not least
- like as not
- living soul, not a
- mince matters, not to
- more often than not
- (not) move a muscle
- no problem (not to worry)
- (not to) sneeze at
- (not) take no for an answer
- (not) the half of it
- (not) turn a hair
- two wrongs do not make a right
- waste not, want not
- whether or not
- without a (not a) leg to stand on
- won't (will not) hear of
- can't
- couldn't
- wouldn't
Example Sentences
Piper decides the monastery is not for her after all, but the youngest brother, Lochlan, stays at the monastery.
Given the years-long staffing shortage, he said, deputies should not be diverted away from contract cities to staff specialized teams such as the Mental Evaluation Team.
Richard and Philip remained close throughout their lives apart from a two-year period when they were not in contact.
He adds that many of the people he met were not happy.
These scenes were live streamed to thousands more on YouTube - a platform popular with not just Yoon's supporters but the president himself.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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