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not

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adverb

(used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition): You must not do that. It's not far from here.

U.S. Slang. (used jocularly as a postpositive interjection to indicate that a previous statement is untrue): That's a lovely dress. Not!

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English; weak variant of nought

Can be confused: knot, not.

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Not is always a great word to know.

So is doggery. Does it mean:

a place where liquor is sold; saloon.

an automobile, esp. one that is small, inexpensive, and old.

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Experts say it's probably not the mattress that keeps you up at night.

There will not be a single currency without greater economic integration and convergence.

But people with a rare disease known as adermatoglyphia do not have fingerprints from birth.

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Experts say it's probably not the mattress that keeps you up at night.

There will not be a single currency without greater economic integration and convergence.

But people with a rare disease known as adermatoglyphia do not have fingerprints from birth.

Money can bring you happiness, studies show, but not as much as you might think.

Putting a wild animal in a home, even raising it by hand from a newborn, does not make it a pet.

By ordering, you agree not to resell any subscriptions purchased from this site.

Of course, if not done completely, the result is trans fat.

Smartphone docks that are not iPhone-only can be hard to find.

Also weird is that while borrowing from one language to another is common, borrowing grammar is not nearly as common.

In today's polarized climate, it is not uncommon to hear opposition to anything labeled climate-friendly or green.

Not likely, but keep it in the back of your head as possible cause.

Growing underground, tubers are not limited by the rest of the plant.

Synthetic herbicides are not recommended for food gardens.

It's quite another to insist that it's not even a war.

But the headlines about the study did not always reflect that.

And it may have been driven not by the environment but by something else entirely.

Increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide may not be as helpful to crops as previously thought, according to a new study.

He had tinkered with it long enough to think it might not be totally unreliable.

Is hardy to extreme cold and does not grow more add to my plant list.

The prehistoric cookie-cutter cat was not as cute as the name suggests.

Not all contemporary artists are enjoying a surge in the value of their work.

Earth's first animals may have evolved in salty lakes, not oceans, a new study suggests.

All ears are not created equal, a new report suggests, even two on the same head.

Lions, tigers and cheetahs are all threatened, but they are not the only cat species whose populations are in danger.

And natives are not immune to disease or pests, of course.

They're not identical, but there's no sign of genetic differences large enough to explain clan differences.

One failed solar company does not mean the entire clean energy industry is doomed.

The kit identification number you have entered is not recognized by the database.

No streaming internet video, no podcasts, not even a remote control.

Also, make sure your leaves come from vines that have not been sprayed with pesticides.

Citigroup, after all, was merely promising not to do something that the law already forbids.

As long as you're careful not to spill, the computer can get you a great culinary education.

If you're not changing paint formulas or making a dramatic color shift and you're using quality paint, not much.

It sparkled and did not move, so it couldn't be a comet.

It can be pruned to suit and is not at all fussy about growing conditions.

He is not really good with having strangers come right up to him and try to pet him.

You're looking for an adrenaline rush-and are not afraid to sweat for it more.

Of course, it's not unusual for a paleontologist to differ with creationists.

With a small brush, paint back sides of leaves almost but not quite to edges with melted semisweet or bittersweet chocolate.

And guess what: not one question about health care, the central domestic.

Some alumni, not content with a bumper sticker, wish to demonstrate their undying affection for their.

Antioxidants, abundant in pomegranates, counter free radical damage but may not delay aging.

Once infected by this disease, plants will not recover.

Although getting advertisers on board will take some effort, it's not an insurmountable obstacle.

The founders wanted faith to be one thread in the country's tapestry, not the whole tapestry.

Those without siblings may not lack social skills after all.

But that still may not attract the high-speed users the.

Obviously, there are some people who do not understand the difference between weather and climate.

It's not that the log house and studio aren't handsome.

New research has found that homeowners' insurance policies are not all alike.

Brain scans should not be used for lie detection unless their reliability is proved.

Many new species are coming from areas that have not been previously explored or are poorly understood.

With all, moisten soil thoroughly before planting, then do not water again until seedlings have.

Call it genetic, call it developmental, it does not matter.

After examining the patient, the doctors concurred that it was not possible to remove the bullet.

The brine also attracts the delicate, not the bitter, flavors of smoldering wood chips.

Access to reading books has not been a serious problem in this country for many years.

Don't cut into bare wood beyond leaves-plant may not send out new growth.

They're not animals and they're not plants, and biologists want to know a lot more about them.

Tons of boulders, miles of pipes, and truckloads of statuary are not necessary to create a.

Riesling may not be the anti-chardonnay anymore, but it's still wonderful.

It was not until next morning that it became obvious that the man was not so much dead to the world as actually dead.

As young plants grow, gradually fill in the trench, taking care not to cover growing tips.

When you gaze at one in an aquarium tank, it is not hard to see why.

Science is not a list of facts but a method of asking questions, testing possible answers and asking yet more questions.

They're spread out enough to give you privacy but not so much that it's a long schlep from the car.

Cuomo impresses his supporters with talk of defending taxpayers, but does not stake out his own political agenda.

But not all trickery actually works, especially in baseball.

The reinforced skull and huge, serrated teeth of the tyrant dinosaur and its kin were not adaptations for cropping.

Here's what the locals are doing when they're not on the slopes.

Determined that dying languages not be lost forever, researchers are traveling the world to interview the last speakers.

Evolution is not a constant march of onward-and-upward progress.

Do not touch the bait with your hands or anything you have been handling.

But it's not healthy, and it certainly isn't pretty.

October is the best month for setting out any kind of plant that's not frost-tender.

Cooking, perhaps, will not be done at any large scale at home… and cooking will be a much less disgusting process than it is now.

Not good in narrow area between curb and sidewalk, since roots on old plants will heave pavement.

The more we're told not to do something, the more irresistible it becomes.

But it is still not easy to make something memorable.

But not many people have gotten to wear the famous jewel.

They have not had any bad encounters and generally everyone has been friendly.

It does not often happen to a nation to raise, at one time, such a number of truly great men.

But you may not know how scientists came to that conclusion.

Eagerness to treat animals kindly does not justify imposing one's hopes and dreams for them on human beings.

Despite some media reports, these arachnids are not half the size of a full-grown man.

Not everyone has the room or time for a big edible garden.

It is not only about how healthy the food is but how much you are eating as well.

The chief of police has a memorable way of demonstrating that he's not afraid of the drug smugglers.

Appropriating the words of others is not a moral or philosophical transgression.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

variant of noto- before a vowel.

noun

a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.

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World English Dictionary

not (nɒt)

—*adv*
1.	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.	(conjunction) not that Also (archaic): not but what which is not to say or suppose that: I expect to lose the game — not that I mind

—*sentence substitute*
3.	used 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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Word Origin & History

not

negative particle, mid-13c., unstressed variant of noht, naht "in no way" (see naught). As an interjection to negate what was said before or reveal it as sarcasm, it is first attested 1900; popularized 1989 by "Wayne's World" sketches on "Saturday Night Live" TV show. To

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not know X from Y (one's ass from one's elbow, shit from Shinola, etc.) was a construction first attested c.1930. Shinola was a brand of shoe polish. Double negative construction not un- was derided by Orwell, but is persistent and ancient in English, popular with Milton and the Anglo-Saxon poets.

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