not

expressing negation, denial, or prohibition: I will not answer your question.
Not to be confused with:knot – cord, rope, ribbon, or the like that is tied or folded upon itself; a tangle in hair; a difficulty: a knotty problem

NOT

K0092800 (nŏt)n. A logical operator that returns a false value if the operand is true and a true value if the operand is false.

not

K0092800 (nŏt)adv. In no way; to no degree. Used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition: I will not go. You may not have any.

[Middle English, alteration of naught, nought; see naught.]Usage Note: The positioning of not and other negatives in a sentence is important to avoid ambiguity. The sentence All classes are not open to enrollment could be taken to mean either "All classes are closed to enrollment" or "Not all classes are open to enrollment." Similarly, the sentence Kim didn't sleep until noon could mean either "Kim went to sleep at noon" or "Kim got up before noon." · Not only and but also are usually classified as correlative conjunctions. They add emphasis to each part of the construction and suggest that the second part is particularly unexpected or surprising. As with both ... and and other correlatives, parallelism requires that each conjunction be followed by a construction of the same grammatical type. Thus, She not only bought a new car but also a new lawnmower displays faulty parallelism, where She bought not only a new car but also a new lawnmower does not, because both not only and but also are followed by noun phrases. See Usage Note at only.

not

(nɒt) adv1. a. used to negate the sentence, phrase, or word that it modifies: I will not stand for it. b. (in combination): they cannot go. 2. not that (conjunction) which is not to say or suppose that: I expect to lose the game — not that I mind. Also (archaic): not but what sentence substituteused to indicate denial, negation, or refusal: certainly not. [C14 not, variant of nought nothing, from Old English nāwiht, from nā no + wiht creature, thing. See naught, nought]

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(nɒt)

adv. 1. (used to express negation, denial, refusal, prohibition, etc.): It's not far from here. Are they coming or not? You must not think about it. 2. Slang. (used jocularly as a postpositive interjection to indicate that a previous statement is untrue): That's a cute dress. Not! [1275–1325; Middle English; weak variant of nought]

NOT

(nɒt)
n. a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.

not

Not is used with verbs to form negative sentences.

1. position of 'not'

You put not after the first auxiliary verb or modal, if there is one.

They are not seen as major problems.They might not even notice.Adrina realised that she had not been listening to him.

If there is no other auxiliary verb, you use do as the auxiliary verb. After not you use the base form of a verb.

The girl did not answer.He does not speak English very well.

In conversation, when not is used after be, have, do, or a modal, it is not usually pronounced in full. When you write down what someone says, you usually represent not as n't and add it to the verb in front of it. In some cases, the verb also changes its form.

You nearly always use an auxiliary verb when you want to make a negative form of a verb using not. Don't say, for example, 'I not liked it' or 'I liked not it'. You say 'I didn't like it'.

There are two exceptions to this. When you use not with be, don't use an auxiliary verb. You simply put not after be.

I'm not sure about this.The program was not a success.

When have is a main verb, not is sometimes added without an auxiliary verb, but only in the short forms hasn't, haven't, and hadn't.

You haven't any choice.The sky hadn't a cloud in it.

However, it is more common to use the forms doesn't have, don't have, and didn't have.

This question doesn't have a proper answer.We don't have any direct control of the prices.I didn't have a cheque book.

Be Careful!
When you use not to make what you are saying negative, you don't usually use another negative word such as 'nothing', 'never', or 'none'. Don't say, for example, 'I don't know nothing about it'. You say 'I don't know anything about it'.

2. 'not really'

You can make a negative statement more polite or less strong by using really after not.

It doesn't really matter.I don't really want to be part of it.

You can reply to some questions by saying 'Not really'.

3. 'not very'

When you make a negative statement using not and an adjective, you can make the statement less strong by putting very in front of the adjective.

I'm not very interested in the subject.That's not a very good arrangement.

Be Careful!
Although you can say that something is not very good, don't use 'not' in front of other words meaning 'very good'. Don't say, for example, that something is 'not excellent' or 'not marvellous'.

4. used with to-infinitives

You can use not with a to-infinitive. You put not in front of to, not after it.

The Prime Minister has asked us not to discuss the issue publicly any more.I decided not to go in.5. 'not' in contrasts

You can use not to link two words or expressions. You do this to point out that something is the case, and to contrast it with what is not the case.

So they went by plane, not by car.He is now an adult, not a child.

You can make a similar contrast by changing the order of the words or expressions. When you do this, you put not in front of the first word or expression and but in front of the second one.

This story is not about the past, but about the future.He was caught, not by the police, but by a man who recognised him.6. used with sentence adverbs

You can use not with surprisingly and unexpectedly to make a negative comment about a statement.

Laura, not surprisingly, disliked discussing the subject.The great man had died, not unexpectedly and very quietly, in the night.7. 'not all'

Not is sometimes used with all and with words beginning with every- to form the subject of a sentence. For example, instead of saying 'Some snakes are not poisonous', you can say 'Not all snakes are poisonous'.

Not all the houses have central heating.Not everyone agrees with me.8. 'not only'

Not only is often used with but or but also to link two words or phrases.

See not only9. 'not' in short replies

You can use not at the end of a short reply in order to give your opinion. For example, you can say 'I hope not', 'Probably not', or 'Certainly not'.

'Will it happen again?' 'I hope not.''I hope she won't die.' 'Die? Certainly not!'

Thesaurus

Adv.

not - 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"non

Translations

不用以表示否定、否认、拒绝、禁止等

not

(not) adverb1. (often abbreviated to n't) a word used for denying, forbidding, refusing, or expressing the opposite of something. I did not see him; I didn't see him; He isn't here; Isn't he coming?; They told me not to go; Not a single person came to the party; We're going to London, not Paris; That's not true! 不（用以表示否定、否认、拒绝、禁止等） 2. used with certain verbs such as hope, ~seem, ~believe, ~expect and also with be afraid. `Have you got much money?' `I'm afraid not'; `Is he going to fail his exam?' `I hope not'.不not at all it does not matter; it is not important etc. `Thank you for helping me.' `Not at all.'一点也不

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→ 不zhCN

I don't understand → 我听不懂
I don't speak English → 我不会说英语
I'm not ready → 我没准备好呢
I'm not coming → 我不来了
I don't know → 不知道
I don't mind → 我不介意
It doesn't matter → 没关系
It doesn't fit me → 不适合我穿
I'm not drinking → 我不喝酒
It isn't charging (US)
It's not charging (UK) → 不能充电了
I'm not satisfied with this → 我对这件事不满意
The door won't close → 门关不上
The door won't open → 门开不了
She can't move → 她不能动了
She didn't yield (US)
She didn't give way (UK) → 她没有让车
I'm not on the pill → 我不服用口服避孕药
I'm not hungry → 我不饿

not

An interjection negating the statement one has just made and thus rendering it sarcastic. Oh, yeah, I love getting a ton of homework on my birthday weekend. Not!

not (oneself)

Not feeling as one normally should, either physically, mentally, emotionally, etc. I'm sorry for getting upset at you earlier, I'm just not myself today. I know Mary hasn't been herself ever since she lost her job.See also: not

Not!

interj. Not really so! (A tag phrase added to the end of a statement, changing it from affirmative to negative. There is usually a pause before Not!, which is said on a level pitch somewhat higher than the sentence that comes before.) Of course I’m going to pay $100 a ticket to see a rock concert. Not!

not

half/so bad Informal Reasonably good.

not!

See i don't think so.

See:

(and) not before time!
(as) often as not
(but) not in the biblical sense
(I) don't believe I've had the pleasure
(I) don't care if I do
(I) don't mind if I do
(I) don't need this
(I) hope not
(I'm) (a)fraid not
(it) don't bother me none
(it's) not half bad
(not) a dicky bird
(not) breathe a word
(not) care a fig
(not) care a hoot
(not) care a toss
(not) care two hoots
(not) give a fig
(not) give a toss
(not) give two hoots
(not) half the person/man/woman (one) used to be
(not) the be-all and end-all
(not) up to scratch
(one) can't believe (one's) ears
(one) can't win
(one) can't win for losing
(one) does not wash (one's) dirty linen in public
(one) doesn't have a problem with that
(one) is not as green as (one) is cabbage-looking
(one) is not going to bite (someone)
(one) is not going to eat (someone)
(one) won't bite (someone)
(one) won't eat (someone)
(one) won't give up without a fight
(one's) bag
(one's) heart isn't in it
(one's) jam
(one's) scene
(please) don't get up
(someone) is not going to thank you for (something)
(someone) won't thank you for (something)
(something) will get (someone) nowhere
(something) won't get (someone) anywhere
(there are) too many chiefs and not enough Indians
a grower, not a shower
a house is not a home
a leopard does not change its spots
a leopard doesn't change its spots
a lot, not much, etc. in the way of something
a prophet is not without honor save in his own country
a/the liar is not believed when he tells the truth
about to
absolutely not
Absolutely not!
add up to
afraid not
all is not lost
all that
all that glistens is not gold
All that glitters is not gold
all that glitters/glistens/glisters is not gold
all there
and what not
and whatnot
as if that were not enough
as like as not
as likely as not
as much as (one) could do (not) (to do something)
as often as not
at all
bad sort, a
bat an eyelash
bat an eyelid
be (not) (one's) bag
be (not) (one's) brother's keeper
be (not) (one's) department
be (not) (one's) style
be (not) (one's) type
be (not) a patch on
be (not) a pretty sight
be (not) all beer and skittles
be (not) all fun and games
be (not) all moonlight and roses
be (not) as black as (someone or something) is painted
be (not) backward in coming forward
be (not) big on (something)
be (not) comme il faut
be (not) on speaking terms
be (not) out of the woods
be (not) supposed to (do something)
be (not) the end of the world
be (not) the marrying kind
be (not) well up on (something)
be (one's) place (to do something)
be all (one) could do (not) to (do something)
be careful not to (do something)
be made of money
be not (one's) bag
be not (one's) cup of tea
be not (one's) day
be not (one's) problem
be not (oneself)
be not a bed of roses
be not above (doing something)
be not all it's cracked up to be
be not all there
be not all/quite there
be not cut out for something
be not for the faint-hearted
be not fussed (about someone or something)
be not half bad
be not having any (of it)
be not in Kansas anymore
be not in the business of (doing something)
be not in the same class
be not in the same league
be not just a pretty face
be not just another pretty face
be not long for this world
be not much between the ears
be not much cop
be not much of a (something)
be not much to look at
be not on
be not playing the game
be not playing with a full deck
be not right in the head
be not rocket science
be not short of a bob or two
be not short of a penny (or two)
be not so much (something) as (something else)
be not so much something as something
be not the done thing
be not the full quid
be not the word for it
be not to know
be not up to much
be not up to scratch
be not up to snuff
be not up to the mark
be not what it's cracked up to be
be not whistling Dixie
be not worth a brass farthing
be not worth a dime
be not worth a fig
be not worth a hill of beans
be not worth a plug nickel
be not worth the paper it's printed on
be nothing (much) to write home about
be nothing, not much, etc. to write home about
be on
be taking calls
beer and skittles, (life is) not all
believe it or not
born yesterday, not (I wasn't)
born, not made
breathe (something) to (someone)
Burn not your house to fright the mouse away
by a long shot
by any stretch of the imagination
by no means
can't (do something) for toffee
can't be bad
can't be bothered
can't be doing with (something)
can't hack it
can't have it both ways
can't hold a candle to (someone or something)
can't say boo to a goose
can't see beyond the end of (one's) nose
can't see beyond the end of one's nose
can't see farther than (one's) nose
can't see farther than the end of (one's) nose
can't see further than (the end of) (one's) (own) nose
can't see the forest for the trees
can't see the wood for the trees
care not a groat
careful not to (do something)
careful not to do
caught dead, wouldn't be
children should be seen and not heard
come in out of the rain, know enough to
coming or going, not know if one is
couldn't agree more
couldn't carry a note in a bucket
couldn't carry a tune in a bucket
couldn't find (one's) way out of a paper bag
couldn't get elected dogcatcher
couldn't happen to a nicer (person)
crime does not pay
crime doesn't pay
cup of tea, one's
definitely not
Definitely not!
devil is not so black as he is painted
dictated but not read
do as I say
do as I say, not as I do
do not hang noodles on my ears
do not pass go
do not spoil the ship for a ha'porth of tar
Do not wash your dirty linen in public
do nothing/not do anything by halves
does not wash
Dog does not eat dog
don't amount to a bucket of spit
don't ask
don't bet on it
don't bother me
Don't change horses in midstream.
don't count your chickens
don't crap where you eat
don't cry before you are hurt
don't cut no ice
don't drop the soap!
don't even go there
don't even look like (something)
don't even think about it
don't get mad, get even
don't get me started
don't get me wrong
don't get your bowels in an uproar
don't give me any of your lip
don't give me that
don't give me that line
don't give me that story
don't go there
don't halloo before you are out of the woods
don't halloo till you are out of the woods
don't halloo until you are out of the woods
don't hand me that line
don't hand me that story
don't have a cow
don't have a pot to piss in (or a window to throw it out of)
don't hold your breath
don't kill the messenger
don't knock it
don't knock yourself out
don't know whether to eat it or rub it on
don't let (someone or something) get you down
don't let it go any further
don't let the facts get in the way of a good story
don't let the grass grow under one's feet
don't look at me
don't make me laugh
don't make me say it again
don't mention it
don't mind (someone)
don't monkey around with me
don't patronize me
don't play (around) with me
don't push me
don't put the cart before the horse
don't rock the boat
don't say it
don't see you much around here anymore
don't shoot the messenger
don't spare the horses
don't speak ill of the dead
don't spend it all in one place
don't sweat it
don't sweat the small stuff
don't take any wooden nickels
don't tell a soul
don't throw the baby out with the bathwater
don't trouble trouble till trouble troubles you
don't wash your dirty linen in public
don't waste your time
don't whistle before you are out of the woods
don't whistle till you are out of the woods
don't whistle until you are out of the woods
don't worry (about a thing)
don't worry your (pretty little) head about it
down the road, not across the street
dwell on
Eat to live, not live to eat
end of the world, it's not/wouldn't be the
exchange no more than
feel like oneself
few bricks short of a load
fig, not care/give/worth a
find (one) not guilty
find guilty
find it in one's heart, (not) to
for all the world
fret not
Fret not!
game is not worth the candle, the
get (one) nowhere
get no change out of someone
get nowhere
get somebody nowhere/not get somebody anywhere
give (someone) the time of day, not to/won't
gone but not forgotten
half of it
Half the world knows not how the other half lives
have never looked back
have no heart for
have not heard the half of it
have nothing on
have nothing to do with
have to do with
haven't
haven't seen hide nor hair of (someone or something)
haven't seen you in a long time
haven't seen you in a month of Sundays
he, it, etc. is not as black as he, it, etc. is painted
hear of (someone or something)
heart in it, have one's
heart not in it
hill of beans, doesn't amount to a/not worth a
hold a candle to, cannot/not fit to
hold a candle to, not
hold one's breath
hold out hope
hope not
I am not my brother's keeper
I didn't (quite) catch that
I didn't (quite) catch that (last) remark
I didn't catch your name
I didn't get that
I don't care
I don't have time to breathe
I don't have time to catch my breath
I don't know
I don't rightly know
I don't think so
I don't understand (it)
I don't want to alarm you, but
I don't want to upset you, but
I don't want to wear out my welcome
I don't wonder
I expect not
I guess not
I kid you not
I should hope not
I should hope so
I should hope so/not
I should think not
I should think so
I should think so/not
I suppose not
I suspect not
I think not
I wouldn't put it past (someone)
I wouldn't trust (someone) as far as I could throw (them)
I wouldn't wish (something) on (someone)
I wouldn't wish (something) on my worst enemy
I’m not kidding
if (one) can help it
if God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him
if it ain't broke don't fix it
if it's not one thing, it's another!
if Mohammed will not go to the mountain
if not
if not now, when?
If the mountain will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet must go to the ...
if the mountain will not come to Mohammed
if the mountain will not come to Mohammed...
if the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mounta
if there's anything you need, don't hesitate to ask
if you don't like it, lump it
if you don't make mistakes, you don't make anything
if you don't see what you want, just ask (for it)
if you don't see what you want, please ask (for it)
I'll thank you to (do something)
I'm not bothered
I'm not finished with you
I'm not kidding
I'm not mad at it
I'm not made of money
I'm not my brother's keeper
I'm not surprised
in any way, shape, or form, not
in the least
in the not too distant future
in the not-so-distant future
in the not-too-distant future
in the same breath
in the same league
in the unlikely event
in the way of (someone or something)
in tune
it ain't over till/until it's over
it ain't over till/until the fat lady sings
it ain't/it's not over till the fat lady sings
it don't make (me) no nevermind
it is not work that kills, but worry
it isn't as though
it isn't over till/until the fat lady sings
it isn't worth it
it isn't worth the trouble
it won't wash
it/that won't do
It’s not my dog
it's just not cricket
it's not (one's) first rodeo
it's not cricket
it's not on
it's not over till it's over
it's not over till/until the fat lady sings
it's not rocket science
it's not saying much
it's not the heat, it's the humidity
it's not the meat, it's the motion
it's not what you know but who you know
it's not worth it
it's not worth the trouble
It's your funeral
it's/that's not my problem
it's/that's not saying much, etc.
Judge not, lest ye be judged
know (someone) from Adam, doesn't/not to
know when one is not wanted
last but not least
lay it on the line
leg to stand on, doesn't have a/not a/without a
let (the) perfect be the enemy of (the) good
let's not and say (that) we did
Let's not go through all that again
liar is not believed when he tells the truth
lift a finger, he/she doesn't/won't
lightning doesn't strike twice
like as not
like it or not
likely as not
living soul
long shot, (not by) a
long shot, a
look (oneself)
look back
make (an amount of money) on (something)
Man does not live by bread alone
mince words, not to
miss a trick, doesn't/not to
Money does not grow on trees
money doesn't grow on trees
moonlight and roses
more often than not
move a muscle
never have a good word to say about (someone of something)
never in your wildest dreams
never/not look back
no hard feelings
no problem
no something/nothing/not anything to speak of
no spring chicken
none too
not
not (all) that good/bad/well/poor/etc.
not (even) go there
not (just) whistling Dixie
not (one's) brother's keeper
not (one's) cup of tea
not (one's) day
not (one's) department
not (one's) first barbecue
not (one's) keeper
not (one's) long suit
not (one's) place (to do something)
not (oneself)
not (quite) right in the head
not (really) (one's) scene
not (really) (one's) thing
not a (whole) lot
not a bad sort
not a bean
not a bit
not a bit of it
not a bit of it!
not a blind bit of (something)
not a blind bit of notice, difference, etc.
not a bone in your body
not a brass farthing
not a cat in hell's chance
not a chance
Not a chance!
not a dicky bird
not a dog's chance
not a dry eye in the house
not a ghost of a chance
not a glimmer
not a glimmer (of something)
not a hair out of place
not a happy bunny
not a hope
not a hope in hell
not a hundred/thousand/million miles away
not a hundred/thousand/million miles away/from here
not a jot
not a kid anymore
not a little
not a living soul
not a minute too soon

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adv negation of a word or group of words

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