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don'ts

US/doʊnts/

don'ts is the plural of don't.

Meaning of don't

Noun

don't (plural don'ts or don't's)

  1. 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
    Antonyms:
    do

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Antonyms of don'ts

Words formed from don'ts

Questions about don'ts

What is don'ts the plural of?
Don'ts is the plural of don't.
How do you pronounce don'ts?
Don'ts is pronounced /doʊnts/ (US).

Words near don'ts in the dictionary

  1. don't-careish
  2. don't-careishness
  3. don't-carish
  4. don't-carishness
  5. don'tcha
  6. don'ts
  7. Don-Quixotic
  8. Don-roe Doctrine
  9. Don.
  10. dona
  11. Dona Ramona T. Alano

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