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Prepositional phrase [English]

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  1. (idiomatic) Certainly not; definitely not; not by any means. Tags: idiomatic Related terms: by all means, by no stretch Translations (certainly not): de cap manera (Catalan), en absolut (Catalan), 絕不 (Chinese Mandarin), 绝不 (juébù) (Chinese Mandarin), 決不 (Chinese Mandarin), 决不 (juébù) (Chinese Mandarin), v žádném případě (Czech), ingenlunde (Danish), på ingen måde (Danish), zeker niet (Dutch), in geen geval (Dutch), ei suinkaan (Finnish), ei missään nimessä (Finnish), en aucun cas (French), aucunement (French), არანაირად (aranairad) (Georgian), keineswegs (German), auf keinen Fall (German), alls ekki (Icelandic), a nessun patto (Italian), 決して (kesshite) (note: + negative) (alt: けっして) (Japanese), nullo modo (Latin), minimē (Latin), haud (Latin), во никој случај (vo nikoj slučaj) (Macedonian), slett ikke (Norwegian Bokmål), ingenlunde (Norwegian Bokmål), på ingen måte (Norwegian Bokmål), overhodet ikke (Norwegian Bokmål), bynajmniej (Polish), de modo algum (Portuguese), sub nicio formă (Romanian), нико́им о́бразом не (nikóim óbrazom ne) (Russian), отню́дь не (otnjúdʹ ne) (Russian), ниско́лько не (niskólʹko ne) (Russian), ника́к не (nikák ne) (Russian), naravno da ne [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), de ninguna manera (Spanish), de ningún modo (Spanish), ni por asomo (Spanish), asla (Turkish), ne olursa olsun (Turkish), hiçbir şekilde (Turkish)
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      "word": "overhodet ikke"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "bynajmniej"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "de modo algum"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "sub nicio formă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nikóim óbrazom ne",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "нико́им о́бразом не"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otnjúdʹ ne",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "отню́дь не"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "niskólʹko ne",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "ниско́лько не"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nikák ne",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "ника́к не"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "naravno da ne"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "de ninguna manera"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "de ningún modo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "ni por asomo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "asla"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "ne olursa olsun"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "certainly not",
      "word": "hiçbir şekilde"
    }
  ],
  "word": "by no means"
}

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