1. not

    [ not ]
    / nɒt /

    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): I just love working overtime without pay. Not!

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    Idioms for not

      not so much, Informal. (an expression of dismissive scorn, ambivalence, or skepticism): Attractive? Yes. Smart? Not so much. Is the world coming to an end? Yeah, not so much.

    Origin of not

    1275–1325; Middle English; weak variant of nought

    WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH not

    knot not

    Definition for not (2 of 3)

    NOT
    [ not ]
    / nɒt /

    noun

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

    Definition for not (3 of 3)

    not-

    variant of noto- before a vowel.
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    British Dictionary definitions for not (1 of 2)

    not
    / (nɒt) /

    adverb

    1. used to negate the sentence, phrase, or word that it modifiesI will not stand for it
    2. (in combination)they cannot go
    not that (conjunction) which is not to say or suppose thatI expect to lose the game — not that I mind Also (archaic): not but what

    sentence substitute

    used to indicate denial, negation, or refusalcertainly not

    Word Origin for not

    C14 not, variant of nought nothing, from Old English nāwiht, from no + wiht creature, thing. See naught, nought

    British Dictionary definitions for not (2 of 2)

    not-

    combining form

    a variant of noto-
    Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

    Idioms and Phrases with not

    not

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