NON-


Meaning of NON- in English

/ nɒn; NAmE nɑːn/ prefix

(in nouns, adjectives and adverbs) not :

nonsense

non-fiction

non-alcoholic

non-profit-making

non-committally

HELP NOTE : Most compounds with non are written with a hyphen in BrE but are written as one word with no hyphen in NAmE .

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WORD ORIGIN

from Latin non not.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.