adv.
Pronunciation: ' nät
Function: adverb
Etymology: Middle English, alteration of nought, from nought, pronoun ― more at NAUGHT
Date: 13th century
1 ― used as a function word to make negative a group of words or a word
2 ― used as a function word to stand for the negative of a preceding group of words <is sometimes hard to see and sometimes not >