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Word entry · 3 letters

not

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"Negating word"

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3 lettersPronunciation /nɒt/Part of speech adverbSorted notStarts with NEnds with T4 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Used to make something negative

Word origin

From Middle English not, nat, a variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), shortening of nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht, corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”).

Used in a sentence

  • Did you take out the trash? — No, I did not. I do not think it was my turn, was it?
  • Not knowing any better, I went ahead.
  • It was felt desirable that she not leave school before fourteen.

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Used as a crossword answer4 curated clues

01Negating word3 letters
02Word of negation3 letters
03Definitely ___3 letters
04Negative word3 letters

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