don't

[dohnt]

verb

1. contraction of do not.

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

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

/ dəʊnt /

contraction

1. do not

Word History and Origins

Origin of don't¹

First recorded in 1600–10

Example Sentences

“Vascular dementia is not as well understood in the sense that we do know that it is often resulting from damage to blood vessels in the brain, such as from stroke or also contributed from high blood pressure or diabetes,” said Laura Nisenbaum, executive director of drug development for the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation, “but we don’t have established biomarkers that we can use to stage the development.”

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Despite what felt like an Anglo insurgence this year, we don’t get to watch everything someone would see in the U.K.

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I don’t know, but Eric Bana was first-rate in the compelling “Untamed,” in which the whole park system was a stage and Rosemarie DeWitt a distraction from the scenery.

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"Children don't want to miss out and quite often our parents say 'they're not feeling 100% but they want to be in school because they enjoy being in school'."

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"We work hard and to be able to take them for a week once a year, I don't see the harm personally."

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