doesn't
UK/ˈdʌz.ənt//ˈdʌz.ənt/
doesn't verb: does not (negative auxiliary).
Verb
doesn't
- Does not (negative auxiliary)
- The Furr'd Law-cats are most terrible and dreadful Monsters, they devour little Children, and trample over Marble-Stones. Pray tell me, Noble Topers, do they not deserve to have their Snouts slit ? The Hair of their Hides do's n't lie outward, but inwards; and every Mother's Son of 'em, for his...1693, François Rabelais, translated by Peter Anthony Motteux, The Works of Mr. Francis Rabelais..., volume 2, London: Navarre Society Limited, translation of original in French, page 321
- Well, I must borrow Epidicuss help, tho' I pay dearly for th' use of 't ; but I shall send him to '''Bridewel with his Skin stript o're his Ears, if he ''doesn't procure the hundred Pounds as soon as the last Word's pronounc'd.1694, Laurence Echard, Plautus's Comedies, Amphitryon, Epidicus, and Rudens: Made English: With Critical Remarks Upon Each Play., London, page 89
- Dost not
- But Pre'thee tell me, that Woman had very Considerable Friends. Thou doesn't hear that she has Peacht any body, dost thou?1681, Roger L'Estrange, “The Observator. In Dialogue. Numb. 78. Wednesday, December 7. 1681.”, in The Observator in Dialogue, volume 1, published 1684, page 78
Synonyms of doesn't
Forms of doesn't
| alternative form | does n't |
|---|---|
| alternative form | do's n't |
Origin of doesn't
From does + -n't.
Phrases with doesn't
- crime doesn't pay
- it doesn't matter
- I want doesn't get
- almost doesn't count
- if that doesn't beat all
- someone's face doesn't fit
- money doesn't grow on trees
- where the sun doesn't shine
- a closed mouth doesn't get fed
- think one's shit doesn't stink
- thinks one's shit doesn't stink
- God doesn't give with both hands
24 more phrasesFewer phrases
- one is a poet and doesn't know it
- one swallow doesn't a spring make
- one swallow doesn't a summer make
- one swallow doesn't make a spring
- one swallow doesn't make a summer
- thinking one's shit doesn't stink
- the whistle doesn't pull the train
- one's elevator doesn't go to the top
- the apple doesn't fall far from the tree
- what doesn't kill you makes you stronger
- one's elevator doesn't go to the top floor
- damned if one does and damned if one doesn't
- damned if one does, and damned if one doesn't
- that which doesn't kill you makes you stronger
- lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place
- one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top
- someone's driveway doesn't go all the way to the road
- one's elevator doesn't go all the way to the top floor
- the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing
- what the eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over
- one's damned if one does and one's damned if one doesn't
- one's damned if one does, and one's damned if one doesn't
- just because there's a goalie, doesn't mean you can't score
- it doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell your name right
Questions about doesn't
- What does doesn't mean?
- Doesn't means does not (negative auxiliary).
- What part of speech is doesn't?
- Doesn't is a verb.
- How do you pronounce doesn't?
- Doesn't is pronounced /ˈdʌz.ənt/ (UK).
Words near doesn't in the dictionary
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