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nt

1 American  
Physics.
  1. nit; nits.


Nt 2 American  
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. niton.


NT 3 American  

abbreviation

  1. Biology, Ecology. near threatened.

  2. neurotypical.

  3. New Testament.

  4. Northwest Territories, Canada (approved for postal use).


-n't 4 American  
  1. a contraction of not.

    didn't; hadn't; couldn't; shouldn't; won't; mustn't.


N.T. 5 American  

abbreviation

  1. New Testament.

  2. Northern Territory.


NT 1 British  

abbreviation

  1. National Trust

  2. New Testament

  3. Northern Territory (of Australia)

  4. (esp in postal addresses) Northwest Territories (of Australia)

  5. (esp in postal addresses) Nunavut

  6. no-trump

  7. (in Ireland) National Teacher (teacher in a National School)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

-n't 2 British  

contraction

  1. not: used as an enclitic after be and have when they function as main verbs and after auxiliary verbs or verbs operating syntactically as auxiliaries

    can't

    don't

    shouldn't

    needn't

    daren't

    isn't

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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"Following recent above-average rainfall in Paris, the water quality in the Seine has remained below acceptable standards for safeguarding swimmers' health," read a statemeold old nt.

From BBC • Aug. 6, 2023

You do nt have to accept these missions but they often provide rare and advanced weapons and equipment as rewards.

From The Guardian • Sep. 8, 2014

From each library, one lane of data was generated with read lengths of 2 ×54 nt on the GA and 2×50 nt on the HiSeq2000.

From Nature • Jan. 22, 2014

If every day goes like this one, then the record low it stock hit today, may nt be the rock at the bottom of the fall.

From Forbes • Aug. 2, 2012

"But they could nt be found," interrupted the Colonel.

From Hanover; Or The Persecution of the Lowly A Story of the Wilmington Massacre. by Thorne, Jack