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                not
                 adverb
                 
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                \ ˈnät How to pronounce not (audio) \
                 
                Definition of not
                 (Entry 1 of 2)
                 
                1 —used as a function word to make negative a group of words or a word
                 
                2 —used as a function word to stand for the negative of a preceding group of wordsis sometimes hard to see and sometimes not
                  
                NOT
                 noun
                 
                \ ˈnät How to pronounce NOT (audio) \
                 
                Definition of NOT (Entry 2 of 2)
                 
                : a logical operator (see operator sense 3a) that produces a statement that is the inverse (see inverse entry 2 sense 3a) of an input statement
                  
                Examples of not in a Sentence
                  
                Adverb                                  He was standing not six feet away from me.                                      The bullet passed not five inches from my head!    
                 
                  
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                First Known Use of not
                 
                Adverb 
                13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 
                Noun 
                1947, in the meaning defined above
                  
                History and Etymology for not
                 
                Adverb 
                                Middle English, alteration of nought, from nought, pronoun  — more at naught 
                Noun 
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                “Not.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/not. Accessed 7 Jul. 2020.
                 
                 
                 
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                not
                 adverb
                 
                How to pronounce NOT (audio)
                 
                English Language Learners Definition of not
                 
                —used to form the negative of modal verbs (such as "should" and "could") and auxiliary verbs (such as "do" and "have")
                 
                —used with a negative word to make a positive statement
                 
                informal + humorous  —used humorously at the end of a positive statement to show that you really meant the opposite
                 
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                not
                 adverb
                 
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                Kids Definition of not
                 
                1 —used to make a word or group of words negativeThe books are not here.
                 
                2 —used to stand for the negative of a group of words that comes beforeIt is sometimes hard to see and sometimes not.
                 
                 
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