not

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/nɒt/]

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Senses

1. not (adv) — sense 1

Definition: Negates the meaning of the modified verb.

Example: Did you take out the trash? — No, I did not. I do not think it was my turn, was it?

2. not (adv) — sense 2

Definition: To no degree.

Example: That is not red; it's green.

3. not (adv) — sense 3

Definition: Used to indicate the opposite or near opposite, often in a form of understatement.

Example: That day was not the best day of my life. (meaning the day was bad or awful)

4. not (conj) — sense 1

Definition: And not.

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

5. not (intj) — sense 1

Definition: Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.

Example: Near-synonyms: I don't think; psych; bender (obsolete, UK)

6. not (noun) — sense 1

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

Example: The children are taught to be afraid of winter, of war, of death, of hard times, of disease, of examinations. 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.

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