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-n't
Contraction of not.
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-n't
contraction of
not: used as an enclitic after be and have when they function as main verbs and after auxiliary verbs or verbs operating syntactically as auxiliaries: can't; don't; shouldn't; needn't; daren't; isn't.
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-n't
a contraction of not: didn't; hadn't; couldn't; shouldn't; won't.
NT
or N.T.,
1. New Testament.
2. Northern Territory.
3. Northwest Territories.
4. Nunavut.
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Translations
not
(not) adverb1. (often abbreviated to n't) a word used for denying, forbidding, refusing, or expressing the opposite of something. I did not see him; I didn't see him; He isn't here; Isn't he coming?; They told me not to go; Not a single person came to the party; We're going to London, not Paris; That's not true! is nie لا، لن: كَلِمَه تُسْتَعْمَل للنَّفي не е não ne nicht ikke δεν, μη, όχι, ούτε no ei خير؛ حرف منفى ei ne...pas לא नहीं ne, nije nem tidak ekki non 〜でない ...아니다 ne nolieguma partikula (‘ne'-) bukan niet ikke nie نه não nu; nici не; ни nie ne ne inte ไม่ değil, yok, ...-me/ma 不(表示否認、拒絕或反對) не حرف نفي، نہيں không 不(用以表示否定、否认、拒绝、禁止等)
2. used with certain verbs such as hope, ~seem, ~believe, ~expect and also with be afraid. `Have you got much money?' `I'm afraid not'; `Is he going to fail his exam?' `I hope not'. nie لا، لَن не não ne nicht ikke όχι no ei نه ei non שׁלא nemati nem tidak ekki di no そうでない ...않다 kad ne ka ne bukan van niet ikke; dessverre że nie نه não nu нет ne- ne ne inte ถุกใช้กับกริยาที่แน่นอน อย่างเช่น hope, seem, believe, expect และ be afraid maalesef yok, inşallah yok 不(和hope等動詞和afraid連用,用以代替後續的子句) ні نہيں không 不
not at all it does not matter; it is not important etc. `Thank you for helping me.' `Not at all.' nie أبَدا няма за какво de nada rádo se stalo gern geschehen overhovedet ikke; det er ligemeget; tak selv καθόλου en absoluto pole tänu väärt ابدا؛ هيچ ei se mitään de rien אֵין בְּעַד מָה बिल्कुल, कदापि नहीं nimalo, nizašta szívesen tidak apa-apa það var ekkert di niente どういたしまして 전혀 ...아니다 nėr už ką, visai ne nav par ko tidak mengapa geen dank slett ikke, overhodet ikke ależ skąd, nie ma o czym mówić هيڅ وخت نه de nada pentru nimic; deloc ничего, пустяки niet začo ni za kaj nema na čemu ingen orsak ไม่เป็นไร bir şey değil, estağfurullah, ne demek 一點也不 нема за що نہيں نہيں، کوئي بات نہيں không có gì 一点也不
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