What Is The Definition Of Not?

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not |nät|adverb1 (also n't joined to a preceding verb) used with an auxiliary verb or "be" to type the adverse : he would not say | she isn't there | didn't you inform me?? employed in some constructions with other verbs : [with infinitive ] he has been warned not to touch | the pain of not being aware of | she not only wrote the text but alsoresearched the photographs.two employed as a quick substitute for a adverse clause : maybe I will regret it, but I hope not |"Do not you preserve in touch?" "I am afraid not." | they wouldn't know if I was telling the truth or not.three utilized to express the damaging of other words : not a single try was produced |treating the symptoms and not the trigger | "How was it?" "Not so undesirable."? utilized with a quantifier to exclude a particular person or portion of a group : not all the poems are severe.? significantly less than (utilized to indicate a surprisingly small quantity) : the brakes went on not ten feet from him.four employed in understatements to recommend that the opposite of a following word or phrase is correct : the not also distant future | not a million miles away.? informal humorous following and emphatically negating a statement : that sounds like quality entertainment-not. [ORIGIN: a usage popularized by the filmWayne's World.]