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not

From Wiktionary
not is on the Basic English 850 List.
nose - not - note
not is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
north - not - note
See also -n't

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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Positive
not

Comparative
none

Superlative
none

  1. "Not" makes a phrase have the opposite meaning.
    I was not there.
    I am not fat!
  2. The item before "not" is more correct or better than the item after "not".
    I wanted tea, not coffee!
    Meaning: I wanted tea. I did not want coffee.
    It's stupid, not funny.
    Meaning: It is stupid. It is not funny.

Interjection

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Interjection
not!

  1. Used to indicate the sentence before is sarcastic or ironic. This means that the sentence has the opposite meaning.
    I like doing lots of boring homework. Not!
    Meaning: I do not like doing lots of boring homework.
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Words ending in -n't are short ways of writing not after some words. For example, didn't means did not.

ain't, aren't, can't, doesn't, don't, didn't, hadn't, hasn't, haven't, isn't, mightn't, needn't, shan't, shouldn't, wasn't, won't, wouldn't.
cannot, have-not

Some other words used to for negation are:

never, neither, no, & nor