can't
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- (AU) enPR: känt, IPA: /kaːnt/, [kʰäːnt]
- (RP, some US speakers) enPR: känt, IPA: /kɑːnt/, [kʰɑːnt]
- (Scotland, Ireland, Northern England) enPR: känt
- (most US speakers, Canada, some Irish speakers) enPR: kănt, IPA: /kænt/, /kæn(ʔ)/
- (Southern US) IPA: [kʰeɪnt]
- Cannot (negative auxiliary); is unable to; does not have the ability to.
- I can’t quite get it to work.
- Is forbidden to; is not permitted to.
- You can’t enter the hall without a ticket.
- Often with be: is logically impossible.
- The butler can’t be the murderer because he was in London that evening.
- be able to, can,
- Sense 2 and 3 only - must, have to
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