Meaning

1 senses
  1. (slang)Used to indicate that the previous phrase was meant sarcastically or ironically.

    Near-synonyms: I don't think; psych; bender (obsolete, UK)

    I really like hanging out with my little brother watching Barney … not!

Examples

66707 sentences
  1. It's not something anyone can do.

    Це не те, що може зробити кожен. — deniko

    ruЭто не то, что может сделать каждый. — al_ex_an_der

    deDas ist nichts, was jeder Beliebige tun kann. — MUIRIEL

  2. You may or may not win.

    Ти можеш перемогти, а можеш і не перемогти. — deniko

    deVielleicht gewinnst du, vielleicht aber auch nicht. — Kuraimegami

  3. The rich are not always happy.

    Багаті не завжди щасливі. — deniko

    ruБогатые не всегда счастливы. — Gruzilkin

    deReiche sind nicht immer glücklich. — MUIRIEL

  4. You must not give up hope.

    Не треба втрачати надію. — deniko

    ruВы не должны терять надежду. — shanghainese

    deDu darfst die Hoffnung nicht aufgeben. — Vortarulo

  5. English is not easy for us.

    Англійська непроста мова для нас. — deniko

    ruАнглийский не простой для нас. — Balamax

    deEnglisch fällt uns schwer. — raggione

Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English not, nat, a variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English

From Middle English not, nat, a variant of noght, naht (“not, nothing”), from Old English *nōht, nāht (“nought, nothing”), shortening of nōwiht, nāwiht (“nothing”, literally “not anything”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht, corresponding to ne (“not”) + ōwiht, āwiht (“anything”), corresponding to ā (“ever, always”) + wiht (“thing, creature”).

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Synonyms

3 synonyms

See also

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