don't
/dəʊnt
/contraction
Do not: they really don’t know what will happen I see a face I don’t recognize...
- They may claim it is a reflection of today's society but we don't think it is any excuse.
- She gets the care she needs and I don't believe she will get the same if she is moved.
- If you don't have chest problems when you go in, you certainly will when you come out.
Don’t is a contraction of do not. It is often used informally, especially in speech, as the equivalent of does not—as in, for example, she don’t drink tea—but this is not standard English and should be avoided in writing
Phrases
dos and don'ts
Rhymes
- schoolboy English
- schoolboy error
- schoolboy French
- schoolboy handwriting
- schoolboy honor
- schoolboy honour
- schoolboyhood
- schoolboy howler
- schoolboy humor
- schoolboy humour
- schoolboyish
- schoolboyism
- schoolboy rule
- schoolboy tale
- school broadcast
- school broadcaster
- school broadcasting
- school bus
- school busing
- school butter
- school cap
- school-capped
- School Cert
- School Certificate
- schoolchild