don't
/dəʊnt//doʊnt/
don't verb: do not (negative auxiliary). Also the contraction of done.
Verb
don't
- Do not (negative auxiliary).
- Don't you think mom's awfully busy today?
- Don't be such a nuisance!
- 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...1649, William Bridge, edited by William Greenhill, John Yates, and William Adderley, The Works of William Bridge, Sometime Fellow of Emmanuel College in Cambridg: Now Preacher of the Word of God at...
- L. C. Baron. That don't alter the Pronunciation. It is the same Name.1717, The Tryal of Francis Francia, for High Treason, at the Sessions-House in the Old-Bailey; On Tuesday Jan. 22. 1716. Perused by the Right Honourable The Lord Chief-Baron Bury: And also by The...
- Used before an emphatic negative subject.
- Don’t nobody care.
Interjection
- Stop!
Noun
don't (plural don'ts or don't's)
- 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.1968, Joan Didion, “Slouching towards Bethlehem”, in Slouching Towards Bethlehem
- And here’s one universal selfie don’t - if the setting is your bathroom, or any bathroom for that matter, it has no place in your Tinder lineup. Not hot.2025 October 1, Ally Jones, “A Step-By-Step Guide To Delete Tinder & Start Over (& When You Shouldn't)”, in Vida Select
- Antonyms:
- do
Also used as
don't is also the contraction of done.
don't meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Sanskrit
don't in Hindi
- do not
- न na, मत
don't in Urdu
- do not
- نـ na-, مت
don't in Bengali
- do not
- না na
don't in Sanskrit
- do not
- मा mā́
More languagesFewer languages
- don't in Tagalog
- huwag
- don't in Arabic
- لَا lā
- don't in Malay
- jangan
- don't in Indonesian
- jangan
- don't in Persian
- نکن nakon
- don't in Thai
- อย่า yàa
- don't in Vietnamese
- đừng
- don't in Myanmar
- မ verb နဲ့ ma.
Examples of don't in a sentence
- Why don't I carry those bags for you?
- “I don't know how you and the ‘head,’ as you call him, will get on, but I do know that if you call my duds a ‘livery’ again there'll be trouble. […]”1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter VII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC:
- Don't stand, Don't stand so, Don't stand so close to me.1980, The Police, "Don't Stand So Close to Me", Zenyatta Mondatta, A&M Records
- President what you would say to him if he is considering using chemical or tactical nuclear weapons. / Biden: Don't.2022 September 16, Joe Biden, quotee, 0:00 from the start, in President Biden warns Vladimir Putin not to use nuclear weapons: "Don't....
- She don't like the flash, wanna keep us in the dark / She don't like the fame, baby when we're miles apart2012, “She Don't Like the Lights”, in Justin Bieber (music), Believe:
Antonyms of don't
Forms of don't
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | do n't |
| Noun | |
| plural | don'ts |
| plural | don't's |
Origin of don't
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.
Words formed from don't
- dos and don'ts
- dildon't
- don't count your chickens before they're hatched
- don't drop the soap
- don't feed the troll
- don't hate the player, hate the game
- don't knock it till you've tried it
- don't let the bedbugs bite
- don't let the door hit you on the way out
- don't look a gift horse in the mouth
- don't mention it
- don't pass go
- don't pee in the wind and tell me it's raining
- don't piss in the wind and tell me it's raining
- don't put all your eggs in one basket
- don't real
- don't shit where you eat
- don't shoot the messenger
- hairdon't
- yabba dabba don't
- you don't know what you've got till it's gone
Phrases with don't
- don't ask
- don't cha
- don't got
- don't @ me
- don't know
- don't argue
- don't knows
- don't worry
- don't argued
- don't argues
- don't ask me
- I don't care
161 more phrasesFewer phrases
- I don't even
- I don't know
- I don't mind
- don't arguing
- don't knowist
- don't say gay
- don't tell me
- I don't drive
- I don't think
- you don't say
- don't go there
- don't look now
- don't quote me
- don't sweat it
- don't you know
- don't I know it
- I don't suppose
- I don't want it
- run, don't walk
- show don't tell
- don't look at me
- I don't eat beef
- I don't eat fish
- I don't eat meat
- I don't eat pork
- I don't think so
- show, don't tell
- black don't crack
- don't be that guy
- don't tread on me
- Asian don't raisin
- don't diet, try it
- don't get me wrong
- don't give me that
- don't mind if I do
- I don't understand
- that dog don't run
- don't be a stranger
- don't make me laugh
- don't that beat all
- I don't fancy yours
- don't fight the tape
- I don't have all day
- long hair don't care
- don't ask, don't tell
- don't bite the newbie
- don't feed the trolls
- don't forget to write
- don't touch that dial
- I don't speak English
- and I don't mean maybe
- don't hold your breath
- don't spare the horses
- don't try this at home
- good black don't crack
- I don't have any money
- if that don't beat all
- say it, don't spray it
- you don't want to know
- and don't you forget it
- don't buy green bananas
- don't count your chicks
- don't get mad, get even
- don't get your hopes up
- don't mess with success
- don't quit your day job
- I don't know about that
- oil and water don't mix
- and don't play one on TV
- don't knock yourself out
- forgive but don't forget
- don't count your chickens
- don't even think about it
- don't get someone started
- don't give up the day job
- real men don't eat quiche
- what is this I don't even
- where the sun don't shine
- clothes don't make the man
- don't give up your day job
- don't spend it all at once
- you don't get owt for nowt
- don't change a winning team
- don't cry for me, Argentina
- don't cry over spilled milk
- don't shit in your own nest
- don't sweat the small stuff
- if you don't mind me saying
- don't get above your raising
- I don't want to buy anything
- don't call us, we'll call you
- don't ring us, we'll ring you
- don't take any wooden nickels
- I don't boil my cabbage twice
- I don't chew my cabbage twice
- I don't want to talk about it
- if at first you don't succeed
- two wrongs don't make a right
- tell me something I don't know
- you don't know where it's been
- don't be a fool, wrap your tool
- don't cut yourself on that edge
- don't do anything I wouldn't do
- don't fish off the company dock
- don't judge a book by its cover
- don't spend it all in one place
- if it ain't broke, don't fix it
- if you don't ask, you don't get
- if it ain't broken, don't fix it
- if it ain't busted, don't fix it
- don't dip your pen in company ink
- don't keep a dog and bark yourself
- what you don't know can't hurt you
- don't worry your pretty little head
- you don't fish off the company pier
- you don't get something for nothing
- don't knock it until you've tried it
- facts don't care about your feelings
- God willing and the creek don't rise
- doomed if you do, doomed if you don't
- I'm in this photo and I don't like it
- Lord willing and the creek don't rise
- you don't dip your pen in company ink
- you don't dip your pen in the inkwell
- don't call me sir, I work for a living
- they don't make them like that anymore
- they don't make them like they used to
- you don't know what you're talking about
- don't count your chicks before they hatch
- you miss 100% of the shots you don't take
- don't teach your grandmother to steal sheep
- don't try to teach grandma how to suck eggs
- you don't dip your pen in the company's ink
- don't get your meat where you get your bread
- don't pee on my leg and tell me it's raining
- if at first you don't succeed, try try again
- if you can't do the time, don't do the crime
- don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining
- you don't dip your pen in the company inkwell
- don't count your chicks before they're hatched
- don't get your honey where you make your money
- don't teach your grandmother how to milk ducks
- you don't miss the water till the well runs dry
- better the devil you know than the one you don't
- don't count your chickens before they've hatched
- don't ask, don't tell, don't harass, don't pursue
- don't sell the skin till you have caught the bear
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't
- don't drive faster than your guardian angel can fly
- the devil we know is better than the devil we don't
- you don't get your nookie where you get your cookies
- better the devil you know than the one you don't know
- the devil you know is better than the devil you don't
- don't count your chickens before the eggs have hatched
- better the devil you know than the devil you don't know
- the devil we know is better than the devil we don't know
- you don't look at the mantelpiece when you poke the fire
- the devil you know is better than the devil you don't know
- you don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows
- you don't look at the mantelpiece when you're poking the fire
- the devil that you know is better than the devil that you don't know
Words that rhyme with don't
Questions about don't
- What does don't mean?
- Don't means do not (negative auxiliary).
- What is don't in Hindi?
- Don't in Hindi is न (na), मत. See Don't meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use don't in a sentence?
- Why don't I carry those bags for you?
- What part of speech is don't?
- Don't can be a verb, an interjection or a noun.
- How do you pronounce don't?
- Don't is pronounced /dəʊnt/ (UK).
Words near don't in the dictionary
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