NOT

not, non

(adverb) negation of a word or group of words; “he does not speak French”; “she is not going”; “they are not friends”; “not many”; “not much”; “not at all”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

NOT (plural NOTs)

(mathematics, logic) A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.

Usage notes

• The symbols ¬, !, ~, ˈ and Ā 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.

Synonyms

• ¬

• !

• ~

• ˈ

Anagrams

• -ton, NTO, ONT, Ont, Ont., TNO, TON, on't, ton

Etymology

Adverb

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.

Usage notes

In modern usage, do-support requires that the form do not ... (or don’t ...) 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 don’t have or haven’t got to have not or haven’t, except when have is used as an auxiliary (or in the idiom have-not)

• I don’t have a clue or I haven’t got a clue. (US)

• I haven’t a clue or I haven’t got a clue. (outside US)

• I haven’t 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 don’t need to trouble yourself. (common)

• You needn’t trouble yourself. (outside US, rare)

• I don’t 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.)

Conjunction

not

And not.

Usage notes

• The construction “A, not B” is synonymous with the constructions “A, and not B”; “not B, but A”; and “not B, but rather A”.

Interjection

not!

(slang, 1990s) Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.

Synonyms

• bender, I don't think

Noun

not (plural nots)

Alternative letter-case form of NOT

Usage notes

Boolean operators and states are commonly written in all uppercase in order to distinguish them from the ordinary uses of the words.

Contraction

not

(obsolete) Contraction of ne wot; not to know.

Anagrams

• -ton, NTO, ONT, Ont, Ont., TNO, TON, on't, ton

Source: Wiktionary

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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

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