not, non
(adverb) negation of a word or group of words; âhe does not speak Frenchâ; âshe is not goingâ; âthey are not friendsâ; ânot manyâ; ânot muchâ; ânot at allâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
NOT (plural NOTs)
(mathematics, logic) A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.
• The symbols ÂŹ, !, ~, Ë and Ä have all been used for the NOT operator in various contexts.
• Boolean variables and states (AND, OR, NOT, TRUE, FALSE etc.) are commonly written in all uppercase in order to distinguish them from the ordinary uses of the words.
• ÂŹ
• !
• ~
• Ë
• -ton, NTO, ONT, Ont, Ont., TNO, TON, on't, ton
not (not comparable)
Negates the meaning of the modified verb.
To no degree.
(understatement, litotes) Used to modify superlatives to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.
In modern usage, do-support requires that the form do not ... (or donât ...) 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 donât have or havenât got to have not or havenât, except when have is used as an auxiliary (or in the idiom have-not)
• I donât have a clue or I havenât got a clue. (US)
• I havenât a clue or I havenât got a clue. (outside US)
• I havenât been to Spain. (universal)
The verb need is only directly negated when used as an auxiliary, and even this usage is rare, especially in the US.
• You donât need to trouble yourself. (common)
• You neednât trouble yourself. (outside US, rare)
• I donât 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.)
not
And not.
• The construction âA, not Bâ is synonymous with the constructions âA, and not Bâ; ânot B, but Aâ; and ânot B, but rather Aâ.
not!
(slang, 1990s) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.
• bender, I don't think
not (plural nots)
Alternative letter-case form of NOT
Boolean operators and states are commonly written in all uppercase in order to distinguish them from the ordinary uses of the words.
not
(obsolete) Contraction of ne wot; not to know.
• -ton, NTO, ONT, Ont, Ont., TNO, TON, on't, ton
Source: Wiktionary
Not. Etym: [Contr. from ne wot. See 2d Note.]
Definition: Wot not; know not; knows not. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Not, a.
Definition: Shorn; shaven. [Obs.] See Nott.
Not, adv. Etym: [OE. not, noht, nought, naught, the same word as E. naught. See Naught.]
Definition: A word used to express negation, prohibition, denial, or refusal. Not one word spake he more than was need. Chaucer. Thou shalt not steal. Ex. xx. 15. Thine eyes are upon me, and I am not. Job vii. 8. The question is, may I do it, or may I not do it Bp. Sanderson. Not . . . but, or Not but, only. [Obs. or Colloq.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 November 2024
(noun) asceticism as a form of religious life; usually conducted in a community under a common rule and characterized by celibacy and poverty and obedience
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
