see|Not|NOT|nöt
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English

rank|as|had|you|18|not|be|at|by

Pronunciation
a|UK
*IPA|/n�t/, SAMPA|/nQt/
*audio|en-uk-not.ogg|Audio (UK)
a|US
*IPA|/n�t/, SAMPA|/nAt/
*audio|en-us-not.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�t

Homophones
knot
naught (some dialects)

Etymology
Middle English, compare nought

Adverb
not

1. Negates the meaning of the modified verb.

#: I may be many things, but I am not a crook.
#: Did you take out the trash? No, I did not.
#: Not knowing any better, I went ahead.

Usage notes
In modern usage, the form do not ... (or don�t ...) is preferred to ... not for all but a short list of verbs (is/am/are/was/were, have/has/had, do/does/did, can/could, shall/should, will/would, may/might, need):

They do not sow. (modern) vs. They sow not. (KJB)

American usage tends to prefer don�t have or haven�t got to have not or haven�t, except when have is used as an auxiliary (or in the idiom have-not):<!-- Non-US please check -->

I don�t have a clue or I haven�t got a clue. (US)
I haven�t a clue or I haven't got a clue. (outside US)
I haven�t been to Spain. (universal)

The verb need is only directly negated when used as an auxiliary, and even this usage is rare in the US.<!-- Non-US please check -->

You don�t need to trouble yourself. (US)
You needn�t trouble yourself. (outside US)
I don�t need any eggs today. (universal)

The verb dare can sometimes be directly negated.

I daren't do that.

Related terms
top3
ain't
aren't
can't
cannot
daren't
doesn't
don't
didn't
mid3
hadn't
hasn't
have-not
haven't
isn't
mightn't
needn't
neither
mid3
no
nor
not think
notwithstanding
shan't
shouldn't
wasn't
won't
wouldn't
bottom3

Slovene: t+|sl|ne
Spanish: t+|es|no
Swedish: t+|sv|inte, t+|sv|ej, t+|sv|icke
Tagalog: hindi
Tamazight: �� (ur) + verb, ��ⴷ (urd) + noun/pronoun
Turkish: t-|tr|de�il
Tz'utujil: ma
Ukrainian: не#Ukrainian|не (ne)
Vietnamese: t+|vi|không|xs=Vietnamese
Yiddish: נ�� (nit), נ�ש� (nisht)
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Conjunction
not

1. Indicates that the first term is the proper object, as opposed to the second.

#: I wanted a plate of shrimp, not a bucket of chicken.
#: Ballots, not bullets.

Translations
trans-top|first rather than second term is proper object
Czech: t+|cs|ne, t-|cs|nikoliv
Greek: t+|el|��ι|sc=Grek
Portuguese: t+|pt|não
Icelandic: ekki, ei (dated), eigi (dated)
trans-mid
Kurdish: t+|ku|���ک|sc=KUchar
Spanish: t+|es|no
Swedish: t+|sv|inte, t+|sv|icke, t+|sv|ej
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Interjection
not!

1. slang Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.

#: I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney ... not!
#: Sure, you're perfect the way you are ... not!

Synonyms
I don't think

Translations
Icelandic: t+|is|ekki
Swedish: t+|sv|inte

Noun
not

1. unary|Unary logical function NOT, true if input is false, or a gate implementing that negation function.

#: You need a not there to conform with the negative logic of the memory chip.

Translations
trans-top|unary negation function
Finnish: t-|fi|EI
Swedish: t-|sv|ICKE, t-|sv|NOT
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Related terms
AND
OR
NAND
NOR
XOR

See also
top2
if
then
else
and
mid2
or
true
false
bottom2

Category:100 English basic words
Category:English homophones

Albanian

Noun
not m

1. a swim

Derived terms
notoj or bën not to swim

Category:Albanian nouns

German

Adjective
not

1. needing, necessary.

Swedish

Noun
sv-noun-reg-er
not c IPA|�nu�t|lang=sv

1. music|lang=sv note.
2. a short message; note.
3. (diplomacy) a formal message from a country to another country�s embassy.

NOT

1. computing|lang=sv the logical function NOT.

ar:not
es:not
fr:not
ko:not
io:not
it:not
kk:not
ku:not
la:not
hu:not
nl:not
ja:not
pl:not
pt:not
ru:not
simple:not
fi:not
sv:not
ta:not
te:not
vi:not
tr:not
uk:not
vo:not
zh:not

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