don't

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /dəʊnt/
• (America) IPA: /doʊnt/, [doʊ̯(ʔ)t̚]

Verb

1. do not (negative auxiliary)
   • 1980, The Police, "Don't Stand So Close to Me", Zenyatta Mondatta, A&M Records:

     Don't Stand, Don't stand so, Don't stand so close to me.

   • 1990, Dave Mustaine, "Take No Prisoners", Megadeth, 'Rust in Peace''.

     quote en

2. (nonstandard) does not
   • 1971, Carol King, “So Far Away”, Tapestry, Ode Records:

     I sure hope the road don’t come to own me.

3. (African American Vernacular English) Used before an emphatic negative subject.

   Don’t nobody care.

Translations

• German: imperative + nicht, nicht + infinitive
• Italian: non
• Portuguese: não
• Russian: не
• Spanish: no

Interjection

1. Stop!, Don't touch that!

Noun

don't (plural don'ts)

1. Something that must not be done ().

Antonyms

• do

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