don't

American  

[dohnt] / doʊnt /

verb

1. contraction of do not.

2. Nonstandard except in some dialects. contraction of does not.

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noun

1. don'ts, customs, rules, or regulations that forbid something.

   The boss has a long list of don'ts that you had better observe if you want a promotion.

don't British  

/ dəʊnt /

contraction

1. do not

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Etymology

Origin of don't

First recorded in 1600–10

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Example Sentences

Obviously the title really jumps out at you and it’s almost playful in that it says, “I’m the worst girl here but I don’t care what you think of me.”

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When you pick the wrong guys, or men who don’t really care for you, and you have to chase them down for attention, how that can feel like the same relationship you’ve had with a parent.

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I don’t really know what it will be yet, but I’ve just been toying with different songs and different things and maybe that leads to nothing, but maybe it doesn’t.

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“If there is we will have to have you removed from the courtroom, and we sure don’t want to have to do that.”

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“I don’t think it should have ever gotten to a jury trial,” said Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the UC Berkeley School of Law and an expert on the 1st Amendment, which also protects the platforms.

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