See cannot in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"can",
"can#Αγγλικά (en)"
],
[
"not",
"not#Αγγλικά (en)"
]
],
"etymology_text": "cannot < can + not",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cannot",
"source": "header"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I cannot hear you.",
"translation": "Δεν μπορώ να σε ακούσω."
},
{
"text": "You cannot smoke for the entire duration of the flight.",
"translation": "Το κάπνισμα απαγορεύεται καθ' όλη την διάρκεια της πτήσης."
}
],
"glosses": [
"(αρνητικό modal verb) δεν μπορώ, απαγορεύεται"
],
"id": "el-cannot-en-verb-38hZ0MHZ"
}
],
"word": "cannot"
}
{
"etymology_links": [
[
"can",
"can#Αγγλικά (en)"
],
[
"not",
"not#Αγγλικά (en)"
]
],
"etymology_text": "cannot < can + not",
"forms": [
{
"form": "cannot",
"source": "header"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"examples": [
{
"text": "I cannot hear you.",
"translation": "Δεν μπορώ να σε ακούσω."
},
{
"text": "You cannot smoke for the entire duration of the flight.",
"translation": "Το κάπνισμα απαγορεύεται καθ' όλη την διάρκεια της πτήσης."
}
],
"glosses": [
"(αρνητικό modal verb) δεν μπορώ, απαγορεύεται"
]
}
],
"word": "cannot"
}
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