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cannot
[ kan-ot, ka-not, kuh- ]
verb
- a form of can not.
cannot
/ kæˈnɒt; ˈkænɒt /
verb
- an auxiliary verb expressing incapacity, inability, withholding permission, etc; can not
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cannot1
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Idioms and Phrases
- cannot but, have no alternative but to:
We cannot but choose otherwise.
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Example Sentences
It is merely one more variant of the "fate-cannot-harm-me-I-have-dined-to-day" wheeze.
He could not yet tell whether the "might-have-been" had passed into the "cannot-be."
No, you cannot.-I have heard so much good spoken of you for many years.
It is doing the What-you-can that will best help you to do the What-you-cannot.
Unfortunately we cannot make any advance-cannot gain anything anywhere without a corresponding loss somewhere.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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