NOT definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary You use not, usually in the form n't, in questions which imply that someone should have done something, or to express surprise that something is not the case Why didn't you do it months ago? Why couldn't he listen to her?
not - WordReference. com Dictionary of English (used before a singular count noun) not even one (expressing emphasis about the lack of something):[~ + a one + noun] He had not a penny to his name Not a single missile got through the defense system
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not - Wiktionary, the free dictionary In this case not cannot appear after the verb; some authorities recommend placing it before to to avoid a split infinitive, but for most speakers the forms not to do and to not do are more or less interchangeable, with the latter being mostly informal