don't
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don't¹
- /dəʊnt/ UK
- [dəʊ̯nt̚] UK
- /doʊnt/ Canada, US
- [doʊ̯nt̚] Canada, US
- [dõʊ̯̃(ʔ)t̚] Canada, US
- [doʊ̯ɾ̃]
- /doːnt/ Canada, regional
- /dʊnt/ dialectal
- /dəʉnt/ Australia
Rhymes with -əʊnt
Where it comes from
From do + -n't.
Depending on dialect, its use in the third-person singular may be from elision (in these dialects does is used when not in the negative) or from not using -s to mark the third-person singular at all.
verb do n't
- Do not (negative auxiliary). Don't you think mom's awfully busy today?
- Does not. Blessed are the poor in spirit, saies he. Blessed are those that mourn. He don't say, Blessed are those that rejoyce; or, Blessed are those that have the Assurance of Gods love; or, Blessed are those that are strong in Grace: No, but doest thou know a poor weak, Christian, a mourning soul like a Dov
- Used before an emphatic negative subject. Don’t nobody care.
interjection do n't
- Stop!
noun don'ts · don't's · do n't
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Chiefly in dos and don'ts: something that must or should not be done.
Among the don'ts he had done before he was twenty-one were peyote, alcohol, mescaline, and Methedrine.
Opposite: do
don't²
- /dʌnt/
contraction do n't
- Contraction of done + it.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: capo, did, donned, donning, juan, not, rostov, wear, dunno, giovanni, grandee, shall, sport, that, these, think
Translations
Talk about this word "don't." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/don't. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. don't. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/don't "don't." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/don't.Cite this
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title = {don't},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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