NOT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does not mean? 

• NOT (adverb)
  The adverb NOT has 1 sense:

1. negation of a word or group of words

  Familiarity information: NOT used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NOT (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Negation of a word or group of words

Synonyms:

non; not

Context example:

not at all

 Context examples 

“You will not find Dr. Jekyll; he is from home,” replied Mr. Hyde, blowing in the key.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

A year seems very long to wait before I see them, but remind them that while we wait we may all work, so that these hard days need not be wasted.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The rationale why a medical history was not obtained.

(Medical History Reason Not Done, NCI Thesaurus)

Not in his world were such displays of affection between parents and children made.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Well, of course, I am aware that there is not any what you might call DEFINITE evidence.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He did not dare travel until dark.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

He is not a stranger to the district.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

After the end of the product shelf life it is not to be used.

(Medical Product Shelf Life, NCI Thesaurus)

But, in the second place, why did you not come at once?

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I observed there was the flesh of several animals, but could not distinguish them by the taste.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)