See also: couldnt

English

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Etymology

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From could +‎ n’t.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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couldn't

  1. could not (negative auxiliary[1])

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Arnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, Cliticization vs. Inflection: English n’t, Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513