-n't


a contraction of not: didn't; hadn't; couldn't; shouldn't; won't; mustn't.

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British Dictionary definitions for -n't

-n't

contraction of

not: used as an enclitic after be and have when they function as main verbs and after auxiliary verbs or verbs operating syntactically as auxiliaries can't; don't; shouldn't; needn't; daren't; isn't