See also: doesnt

English

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Etymology

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does +‎ -n't

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdʌzənt/, [ˈdʌzn̩t], (colloquial) /ˈdʌn(t)/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdʌzənt/, [ˈdʌzn̩t], /ˈdʌdənt/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌzənt, -ʌn, -ʌnt, -ʌdənt

Verb

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doesn't

  1. Does not (negative auxiliary[1])
    • July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Rises[1]
      Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
    • 2015 November 30, Shane O'Mara, Why Torture Doesn’t Work: The Neuroscience of Interrogation[2], Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 12:
      Santorum, in a comment regarding Senator John McCain's repudiation of torture, stated, "He doesn't understand how enhanced interrogation works. I mean, you break somebody, and after they've broken they become cooperative" (Summers 2011).

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  1. ^ Arnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, Cliticization vs. Inflection: English n’t, Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513

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