Definitions
If you cannot do something, you are not able to do that thing.
Word origin
From Middle English can not, cannot, cannouȝt, etc. (compare Old English ne cann), equivalent to can + not.
Used in a sentence
“I cannot open the window. It is stuck.”
“The butler cannot be the murderer, he cannot have killed her, because he was in another city at the time.”
“The US supreme court has ruled unanimously that natural human genes cannot be patented, a decision that scientists and civil rights campaigners said removed a major barrier to patient care and medical innovation.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
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