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not

See also: Not, NOT, nòt, nót, nôt, nốt, nőt, not., and Appendix:Variations of "not"

English Edit

 
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Etymology Edit

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.

Alternatively, from Middle English ne (“not”) or none + oughte (“ought, should”), with the latter reinforcing the former.

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

not (not comparable)

  1. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
    ‘Do they know?’ ‘I believe not’ (formal)
    Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
    Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
  2. To no degree.
    That is not red; it's green.
    It's not you, it's me.
  3. (litotes) Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.
    That day was not the best day of my life. (meaning the day was bad or awful)
    It was not my favorite movie of all time. (meaning the speaker dislikes or strongly dislikes the movie)
    In the not too distant future my view on the matter might be not a million miles away from yours.

Usage notes Edit

In modern usage, do-support requires that the form do not ... (or don’t ...) be preferred to ... not for all but a short list of verbs (be, have, can, shall, will, would, may, must, need, ought):

  • They do not sow. (modern) vs. They sow not. (KJB)

American usage tends to prefer don’t have or haven’t got to have not or haven’t, except when have is used as an auxiliary (or in the idiom have-not):

  • I don’t have a clue or I haven’t got a clue. (US)
  • I haven’t a clue or I haven’t got a clue. (outside US)
  • I haven’t been to Spain. (universal)

The verb need is only directly negated when used as an auxiliary; this usage is rare in the US but common elsewhere.

  • You don’t need to trouble yourself. (common in US)
  • You needn’t trouble yourself. (common outside US)
  • I don’t need any eggs today. (universal)

The verb dare can sometimes be directly negated.

  • I daren't do that.

The verb do, as a main verb, takes do not.

  • He does not do that.

In the imperative, all verbs, including be, take do not.

  • Don't do that.
  • Don't be silly. (not *Be not silly.)

In the infinitive, verbs must be negated directly. In this case not cannot appear after the verb; some authorities recommend placing it before to to avoid a split infinitive, but for most speakers the forms not to do and to not do are more or less interchangeable, with the latter being mostly informal.

  • The objective is not to lose or The objective is to not lose.
  • I wanted not to go or I wanted to not go. (Note the difference between this and I didn't want to go, where want is the verb being negated.)

In the subjunctive mood, do-support is not used for negation; not is placed by itself, or with should, immediately before the verb it modifies, even be:

  • They suggested that he (should) not do it.
  • The law requires that it (should) not be done.

Derived terms Edit

Related terms Edit

negates meaning of verb

Translations Edit

Conjunction Edit

not

  1. And not.
    I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
    He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.

Usage notes Edit

  • The construction “A, not B” is synonymous with the constructions “A, and not B”; “not B, but A”; and “not B, but rather A”.

Translations Edit

Interjection Edit

not!

  2. (slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically. [chiefly 1990s]
    I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney … not!
    Sure, you’re perfect the way you are … not!
    • 1911 March, Zane Grey, “Out on the Field”, in The Young Pitcher, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 64:
      You've got a swell chance to make this [baseball] team, you have, not! Third base is my job, Freshie. Why, you tow-head, you couldn't play marbles. You butter-finger, can't you stop anything?
    • 1949, E.E 'Doc' Smith, chapter XIV, in Skylark of Valeron, London: Panther, published 1974, page 134:
      "See?" "Uh-huh! Clear and lucid to the point of limpidity - 'not."

Synonyms Edit

Translations Edit

Translations

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Noun Edit

not (plural nots)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of NOT

Usage notes Edit

Boolean operators and states are commonly written in all uppercase in order to distinguish them from the ordinary uses of the words.

Translations Edit

See also Edit

References Edit

  • “not”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams Edit

Albanian Edit

Etymology Edit

From notoj.

Noun Edit

not m

  1. swim

Related terms Edit

Ambonese Malay Edit

Etymology Edit

Probably borrowed from Dutch uitnodiging.

Verb Edit

not

  1. to invite

Noun Edit

not

  1. invitation
    Beta dapat not par pigi makang patiti.
    I received an invitation for dinner.

References Edit

  • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Aromanian Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Greek νότος (nótos).

Alternative forms Edit

Noun Edit

not m

  1. dry wind from the south
Synonyms Edit

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Etymology 2 Edit

Verb Edit

not

  1. Alternative form of anot to swim

Etymology 3 Edit

From anot (“I swim”). Compare Italian nuoto, Portuguese nado.

Noun Edit

not m

  1. swim, swimming
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Danish Edit

 
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Etymology 1 Edit

From German Nut.

Noun Edit

not c (singular definite noten, plural indefinite noter)

  2. (mechanics) A groove.
Inflection Edit
Declension of not
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative not noten noter noterne
genitive nots notens noters noternes

Etymology 2 Edit

 
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From Norwegian not.

Noun Edit

not c or n (singular definite noten or notet, plural indefinite noter or not)

  1. (fishing) seine net
    Synonym: snurpenot
Inflection Edit
Declension of not
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative not noten
notet 		noter
not 		noterne
notene
genitive nots notens
notets 		noters
nots 		noternes
notenes
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 3 Edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb Edit

not

  1. imperative of note

German Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

not

  1. Only used in nottun

Icelandic Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

not n pl (plurale tantum)

  1. use

Declension Edit

declension of not
n-s plural
indefinite definite
nominative not notin
accusative not notin
dative notum notunum
genitive nota notanna

Synonyms Edit

Derived terms Edit

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Indonesian Edit

 
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Etymology Edit

From Dutch noot, from Middle Dutch note, from Old French note, from Latin nota. Doublet of nota.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔt/
  • Hyphenation: not

Noun Edit

not

  1. (music) note, a character, variously formed, to indicate the length of a tone, and variously placed upon the staff to indicate its pitch.
    Synonym: titi nada

Compounds Edit

Further reading Edit

Luxembourgish Edit

Adjective Edit

not

  1. strong/weak nominative/accusative neuter singular of no

Middle English Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Reduction of nought (from Old English nāwiht, nōwiht).

Alternative forms Edit

Adverb Edit

not

  1. not (negates the accompanying verb)
    Þei ne bileveden hire not. ― They didn't believe her.
  2. not (to no degree, extent, or way)
    Þou art not weyke. ― You aren't weak.
Descendants Edit
  • English: not
  • Scots: nat (obsolete)
  • Yola: nat
References Edit

Noun Edit

not (uncountable)

  1. nothing, nought
  2. (rare) nobody, no person
Descendants Edit
  • English: not
  • Scots: nat (obsolete)
References Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

From Old English nāt, first and third person singular of nitan, equivalent to ne +‎ woot and ne +‎ witen.

Alternative forms Edit

Contraction Edit

not

  1. Contraction of ne woot; not to know.
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Norwegian Nynorsk Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old Norse nót.

Noun Edit

not f (plural nota)

  1. Alternative spelling of nót

Etymology 2 Edit

From Middle Low German.

Noun Edit

not f (definite singular nota, indefinite plural noter, definite plural notene)

  1. alternative spelling of nót

Etymology 3 Edit

From Old Norse hnot.

Noun Edit

not f (definite singular nota, indefinite plural neter, definite plural netene)

  1. alternative spelling of nòt (non-standard since 2012)

References Edit

Anagrams Edit

Old English Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • nōt

Etymology Edit

From Latin nota.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

not m (nominative plural notas)

  1. a sign; mark; a mark made on an object

Declension Edit

Declension of not (strong a-stem)
Case Singular Plural
nominative not notas
accusative not notas
genitive notes nota
dative note notum

Descendants Edit

Old Swedish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Old Norse nót, from Proto-Germanic *nōtō.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

nōt f

  1. net, seine

Declension Edit

Declension of nōt (ō-stem)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative nōt nōtin nōta(r) nōtana(r)
accusative nōt nōtina, -ena nōta(r) nōtana(r)
dative nōt nōtinni, -inne nōtum, -om nōtumin, -omen
genitive nōta(r) nōtinnar nōta nōtanna

Descendants Edit

Romansch Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • notg (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology Edit

From Latin noctem, accusative of nox, from Proto-Indo-European *nókʷts.

Noun Edit

not f (plural nots)

  1. (Puter, Vallader) night

Scottish Gaelic Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

not m (genitive singular not, plural notaichean)

  1. Alternative form of nota

Swedish Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Old French note (noun), noter (verb), both from Latin nota.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

not c

  1. (music) note.
  2. a short message; note.
  3. (diplomacy) a formal message from a country to another country’s embassy.
Declension Edit
Declension of not 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative not noten noter noterna
Genitive nots notens noters noternas
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Related to nät (“net”).

Noun Edit

not c

  1. seine
Declension Edit
Declension of not 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative not noten notar notarna
Genitive nots notens notars notarnas

Anagrams Edit

Tok Pisin Edit

Etymology Edit

From English North.

Noun Edit

not

  1. North

Turkish Edit

Etymology Edit

From French note.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

not (definite accusative notu, plural notlar)

  1. a short message; note
    Not: Seni seviyorum. ― PS: I love you.
  2. grade, score

Declension Edit

Inflection
Nominative not
Definite accusative notu
Singular Plural
Nominative not notlar
Definite accusative notu notları
Dative nota notlara
Locative notta notlarda
Ablative nottan notlardan
Genitive notun notların

Welsh Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

not

  1. Nasal mutation of dot.

Mutation Edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
dot ddot not unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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