NOT


Meaning of NOT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnät ]

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

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