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cannot
English
Alternative forms
- cannet, cannit (Tyneside)
Etymology
can +? not
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?kæn?t/, /kæ?n?t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?kæ(n.)n?t/, /?k?(n.)n?t/, /k?(n)?n?t/, /k?(n)?n?t/
- (Canada) IPA(key): /k??n?t/
- Hyphenation: can?not
- Rhymes: -?t
Verb
cannot
- Can not (be unable to).
- Be forbidden or not permitted to
- 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
- The Pupil after his Pupillarity, had granted a Di?charge to one of the Co-tutors, which did extingui?h the whole Debt of that Co-tutor, and con?equently of all the re?t, they being all correi debendi, lyable by one individual Obligation, which cannot be Di?charged as to one, and ?tand as to all the re?t.
- 1668 December 19, James Dalrymple, “Mr. Alexander Seaton contra Menzies” in The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683), page 575
Usage notes
Both the one-word form cannot and the two-word form can not are acceptable, but cannot is more common (in the Oxford English Corpus, three times as common). Authors more commonly opt for the two-word form in constructions where not is part of a set phrase, such as 'not only... but (also)': Paul can not only sing well, but also paint brilliantly.
Synonyms
- can't
Translations
Noun
cannot (plural cannots)
- Something that cannot be done.
- A person who cannot do (something).
Anagrams
- Canton, Conant, Nacton, canton, noncat
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
cannot m (plural cannots)
- (Jersey) duckling
Derived terms
- cannoter (“to walk like a duck”)
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unacceptable
English
Etymology
From Middle English unacceptabylle, equivalent to un- +? acceptable.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??n.æk.?s?p.t?.bl?/, /??n.?k.?s?p.t?.bl?/, [??n.æk.?s?p.t??.b??], [??n.?k.?s?p.t??.b??]
- (US) IPA(key): /??n.æk.?s?p.t?.bl?/, /??n.?k.?s?p.t?.bl?/, [??n.æk.?s?p.t??.b??], [??n.??k.?s?p.t??.b??]
Adjective
unacceptable (comparative more unacceptable, superlative most unacceptable)
- unsatisfactory; not acceptable
- (linguistics) not conforming to accepted usage
Synonyms
- inacceptable (less common)
Antonyms
- acceptable
Translations
Noun
unacceptable (plural unacceptables)
- Something that is not acceptable.
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