not

Probably borrowed from Dutch uitnodiging.


not

Beta dapat not par pigi makang patiti.


not

not first-singular present indicative (canonical)


not

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


not

head

not c (singular definite noten, plural indefinite noter)

noten (definite singular)
noter (indefinite plural)
not (indefinite nominative singular)
noten (definite nominative singular)
noter (indefinite nominative plural)
noterne (definite nominative plural)
nots (genitive indefinite singular)
notens (definite genitive singular)
noters (genitive indefinite plural)
noternes (definite genitive plural)


not

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

noten (definite singular)
notet (definite singular)
noter (indefinite plural)
not (indefinite plural)
not (indefinite nominative singular)
noten (definite nominative singular)
notet (definite nominative singular)
noter (indefinite nominative plural)
not (indefinite nominative plural)
noterne (definite nominative plural)
notene (definite nominative plural)
nots (genitive indefinite singular)
notens (definite genitive singular)
notets (definite genitive singular)
noters (genitive indefinite plural)
nots (genitive indefinite plural)
noternes (definite genitive plural)
notenes (definite genitive plural)


not

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


not

People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook. I've earned everything I've got.

1973 November 17, Richard Milhous Nixon, Orlando press conference

The sound of Abba singing ‘Dancing Queen’ had started up in a room the other side of the court. Adrian slammed the window shut.
‘That’ll teach you to throw things out of the window,’ said Gary.
‘It’ll teach me not to throw things out of the window.’

1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 2, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 42:

I want to say one thing to the American people. I want you to listen to me. I'm going to say this again: I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.

1998 January 26, William Jefferson Clinton, White House press conference

Oh, Pete. This is not the gym. — That’s right, Anna. This is the mailroom.
Audio (US): (file)

2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.

Not knowing any better, I went ahead.

Negates the meaning of the modified verb.

Expectation: Everybody in the family has to love everybody else.
Reaction: Not the ghost of Christmas past, present, or future could pull this one off unless feeling is already there.

1984 December 22, John Stout, “Home for the Holidays: Survival Strategies for Gays”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 23, page 5:

That is not red; it's green.

It's not you, it's me.

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.

(litotes) Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.

Oh god, not that! Anything but that!

Not another rainy day!

Won't you come with me?" "Certainly not."

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pronominal phrase
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Used before a determiner phrase, a pronominal phrase etc. to convey a negative attitude (e.g. denial, sadness, anger) towards something.

Not me writing example sentences again. ― Oh my, there I go writing example sentences again!

Not me crying by the end of that!! You are a brilliant, beautiful human who deserves no less than the world. Thank you for taking the time to watch unicorn store. It’s a film that means so much to me.

2023 July 8, @brielarson [Brie Larson], Twitter:

[Keke] Palmer tells Hoda Kotb and Jenna Bush Hager to “mind y'all's business” when they ask about her relationship with [Darius] Jackson. ¶ “Not y’all trying to get into it! They trying it on the Today show,” Palmer joked when the subject was first brought up on Today With Hoda & Jenna.

2023 December 9, “Keke Palmer and Darius Jackson: A Complete Relationship Timeline”, in Glamour:

(ironic, informal, originally African-American Vernacular) Used before a non-finite clause (especially a gerund-participial clause) or less commonly a determiner phrase to ironically convey some attitude (e.g. surprise, incredulity, amusement, embarrassment) towards something.

ня

not standard in writing, despite common unstressed pronunciation

않다 (anta) (auxiliary verb, follows verb stem + 지)

hoki

used in a question when expecting an affirmative answer

use negative conjugated forms of the verb

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.


not

I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.

He painted the car blue and black, not solid purple.


not

I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney … not!

Sure, you’re perfect the way you are … not!

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?

1911 March, Zane Grey, “Out on the Field”, in The Young Pitcher, New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC, page 64:

"See?" "Uh-huh! Clear and lucid to the point of limpidity - 'not."

1949, E.E 'Doc' Smith, chapter XIV, in Skylark of Valeron, London: Panther, published 1974, page 134:

Because, of course, sympathy is finite -- and if you use it up on the wrong person then you won't have any left. Not.

2006 May 2, Steve Goldfarb, “Spilling out drops of wine at the Seder”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet):

(slang) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.


not

The children are taught to be afraid of winter, of war, of death, of hard times, of disease, of examtinations. Perhaps that is one of the reasons that children so seldom find the conversation of their elders uplifting. It is full of don’ts, buts and nots.

1922 March 4, “Fed on Fear Too Much”, in The Pathfinder, volume 29, number 1470, Washington, D.C.: Pathfinder Publishing Company, page 33:

An instance of using the word “not”; a negation or denial.

Alternative letter-case form of NOT (“unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true”).


not

is-noun

not n pl (plural only, genitive plural nota)

nota (genitive plural)
not (indefinite nominative plural)
notin (definite nominative plural)
not (accusative indefinite plural)
notin (accusative definite plural)
notum (dative indefinite plural)
notunum (dative definite plural)
nota (genitive indefinite plural)
notanna (definite genitive plural)

From Proto-Germanic *nutą (“use, profit”).


not

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

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


not

third-person singular perfect active indicative of nōscō


not

strong/weak nominative/accusative neuter singular of no


not

Þei ne bileveden hire not.

Þou art not weyke.

foꝛ þis is þe charite of god .· þat we kepe hiſe comaundementis / ⁊ his maundementis ben not heuy.

c. 1395, John Wycliffe, John Purvey [et al.], transl., Bible (Wycliffite Bible (later version), MS Lich 10.), published c. 1410, Joon ·i· 5:3, page 115v, column 1; republished as Wycliffe's translation of the New Testament, Lichfield: Bill Endres, 2010:

Now this is the love of God: us keeping his commandments. And his commandments aren't onerous.

English: not

Geordie English: nut

Scots: nat (obsolete)

Yola: nat

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

nat (alternative)
note (alternative)
notte (alternative)
nate (alternative)
nut (alternative)


not

English: not

Scots: nat (obsolete)


not

I noot which was the fairer of hem two

1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “(please specify the story)”, in The Canterbury Tales, [Westminster: William Caxton, published 1478], →OCLC; republished in [William Thynne], editor, The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, […], [London]: […] [Richard Grafton for] Iohn Reynes […], 1542, →OCLC:

Yola: note

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

noot (alternative)
note (alternative)
nat (alternative)


not

nota (definite singular)
nøter (indefinite plural)
nøtene (definite plural)
nót (alternative)

From Old Norse nót, from Proto-Germanic *nōtō (“net; seine”).


not

(carpentry, mechanics) a groove (as used in a tongue and groove joint)

nota (definite singular)
noter (indefinite plural)
notene (definite plural)
nót (alternative)


not

(pre-2012) alternative form of nøtt (“nut”)

nota (definite singular)
neter (indefinite plural)
netene (definite plural)
nót (alternative)


not

notas (nominative plural)
not (nominative singular)
notas (nominative plural)
not (accusative singular)
notas (accusative plural)
notes (genitive singular)
nota (genitive plural)
note (dative singular)
notum (dative plural)
nōt (alternative)

Middle English: note, noote

Scots: note

English: note


not

nōt (canonical feminine)
masculine
nōt (indefinite nominative singular)
nōtin (definite nominative singular)
nōtar (indefinite nominative plural)
nōtarnar (definite nominative plural)
nōtanar (definite nominative plural)
nōt (accusative indefinite singular)
nōtina (accusative definite singular)
nōtar (accusative indefinite plural)
nōtarnar (accusative definite plural)
nōtanar (accusative definite plural)
nōt (dative indefinite singular)
nōto (dative indefinite singular)
nōtinni (dative definite singular)
nōtinne (dative definite singular)
nōtum (dative indefinite plural)
nōtom (dative indefinite plural)
nōtumin (dative definite plural)
nōtomen (dative definite plural)
nōtar (genitive indefinite singular)
nōtarinnar (definite genitive singular)
nōta (genitive indefinite plural)
nōtanna (definite genitive plural)

gmq-osw-decl-blank-full

not

Swedish: not

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


not

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


not

head

not m (genitive singular not, plural notaichean)

not (genitive singular)
notaichean (plural)

Borrowed from English note. The "money" sense comes from the now-rare £1 note.


not

(diplomacy) a formal message from a country to another country’s embassy.

not (indefinite nominative singular)
nots (genitive indefinite singular)
noten (definite nominative singular)
notens (definite genitive singular)
noter (indefinite nominative plural)
noters (genitive indefinite plural)
noterna (definite nominative plural)
noternas (definite genitive plural)

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


not

not (indefinite nominative singular)
nots (genitive indefinite singular)
noten (definite nominative singular)
notens (definite genitive singular)
notar (indefinite nominative plural)
notars (genitive indefinite plural)
notarna (definite nominative plural)
notarnas (definite genitive plural)


not

Not: Seni seviyorum.

not (definite accusative notu, plural notlar)

notu (accusative definite)
notlar (plural)
not (nominative singular)
notlar (nominative plural)
notu (accusative definite singular)
notları (accusative definite plural)
nota (dative singular)
notlara (dative plural)
notta (locative singular)
notlarda (locative plural)
nottan (ablative singular)
notlardan (ablative plural)
notun (genitive singular)
notların (genitive plural)