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not
1[ not ]
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!
NOT
2[ not ]
noun
- a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive.
not-
3- variant of noto- before a vowel.
not
1/ nɒt /
adverb
- used to negate the sentence, phrase, or word that it modifies
I will not stand for it
- ( in combination )
they cannot go
- not thatconjunction which is not to say or suppose that Also (archaic)not but what
I expect to lose the game — not that I mind
sentence substitute
- used to indicate denial, negation, or refusal
certainly not
not-
2combining_form
- a variant of noto-
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of not1
Idioms and Phrases
- 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.
More idioms and phrases containing not
- all that glitters is not gold
- (not) all there
- (not) at all
- believe it or not
- caught dead, not be
- (not a) Chinaman's chance
- coming or going, not know if
- do as I say (not as I do)
- game is not worth the candle
- heart (not) in it
- hold one's breath, not
- (not) in the least
- (not) in the mood
- it's (not) your funeral
- last but not least
- like as not
- living soul, not a
- mince matters, not to
- more often than not
- (not) move a muscle
- no problem (not to worry)
- (not to) sneeze at
- (not) take no for an answer
- (not) the half of it
- (not) turn a hair
- two wrongs do not make a right
- waste not, want not
- whether or not
- without a (not a) leg to stand on
- won't (will not) hear of
- can't
- couldn't
- wouldn't
Example Sentences
“The people of this country will not allow us to move toward oligarchy. They will not allow Trump to take us into authoritarianism,” Sanders said, to cheers.
Both projects were offered to him within days of each other, although the similarity was not intentional.
But of all the amnesia tales in existence, I’m not sure why he wanted to make this one.
And not just catchy phrases: The “nameless” attracts thousands of followers on Instagram with honeyed images and all the proper wellness hashtags.
In that spirit, “O Fortuna” was used in a huge variety of commercials — from Old Spice to Carlton Draught beer — not to mention multiple times in “The Simpsons.”
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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