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"3": "wynnot"
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"expansion": "Middle English wynnot",
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"4": "will not, wil not, wyll not, will noght, wil noht, willi noȝt, wyl nat, wol not, woll not, wole not, wolle not, wol nat, woll nat, etc."
},
"expansion": "Middle English will not, wil not, wyll not, will noght, wil noht, willi noȝt, wyl nat, wol not, woll not, wole not, wolle not, wol nat, woll nat, etc.",
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"1": "en",
"2": "poultry"
},
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}
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"etymology_text": "From earlier wonnot, from Middle English wynnot, wilnot, wolnot, wilnat, a contraction of Middle English will not, wil not, wyll not, will noght, wil noht, willi noȝt, wyl nat, wol not, woll not, wole not, wolle not, wol nat, woll nat, etc., equivalent to a will + not and/or woll + not. For the pronunciation with /oʊ/, /əʊ/, see poultry.",
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"word": "can't"
},
{
"word": "couldn't"
},
{
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{
"word": "mightn't"
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{
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{
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"text": "Sam won't be doing any work this afternoon."
}
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],
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"sense": "will not",
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},
{
"sense": "will not",
"word": "wolln't"
},
{
"sense": "will not",
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},
{
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "contraction of “will not”",
"word": "不會"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùhuì",
"sense": "contraction of “will not”",
"word": "不会"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "contraction of “will not”",
"word": "e kore ... e"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "+ verb",
"sense": "contraction of “will not”",
"word": "kāore ... mō te"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "contraction of “will not”",
"word": "ne htjeti"
}
]
}
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"tags": [
"Received-Pronunciation"
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},
{
"ipa": "/woʊnt/",
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"General-American"
]
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{
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"General-American"
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},
{
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},
{
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"word": "won't"
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{
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"3": "wynnot"
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"2": "wilnot"
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},
"expansion": "Middle English will not, wil not, wyll not, will noght, wil noht, willi noȝt, wyl nat, wol not, woll not, wole not, wolle not, wol nat, woll nat, etc.",
"name": "der"
},
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"2": "woll",
"3": "not",
"nocat": "1"
},
"expansion": "woll + not",
"name": "af"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "poultry"
},
"expansion": "poultry",
"name": "m"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From earlier wonnot, from Middle English wynnot, wilnot, wolnot, wilnat, a contraction of Middle English will not, wil not, wyll not, will noght, wil noht, willi noȝt, wyl nat, wol not, woll not, wole not, wolle not, wol nat, woll nat, etc., equivalent to a will + not and/or woll + not. For the pronunciation with /oʊ/, /əʊ/, see poultry.",
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"pos": "verb",
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"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English non-lemma forms",
"English terms derived from Middle English",
"English terms inherited from Middle English",
"English terms suffixed with -n't",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
"English verb forms",
"Rhymes:English/əʊnt",
"Rhymes:English/əʊnt/1 syllable"
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"examples": [
{
"text": "Sam won't be doing any work this afternoon."
}
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"will not (negative auxiliary); used to indicate a future non-occurring action."
],
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"not"
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"ipa": "[wõt(ˀ)]",
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"General-American"
]
},
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},
{
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},
{
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"enpr": "wōnt"
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{
"sense": "will not",
"tags": [
"archaic"
],
"word": "willn't"
},
{
"sense": "will not",
"word": "wolln't"
},
{
"sense": "will not",
"word": "wo'n't"
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{
"sense": "will not",
"word": "wonnot"
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"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "contraction of “will not”",
"word": "不會"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bùhuì",
"sense": "contraction of “will not”",
"word": "不会"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "contraction of “will not”",
"word": "e kore ... e"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"note": "+ verb",
"sense": "contraction of “will not”",
"word": "kāore ... mō te"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "contraction of “will not”",
"word": "ne htjeti"
}
],
"word": "won't"
}
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