verb
Meaning 1
did not (negative auxiliary)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
didn't
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈdɪdn̩t/
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General-American: [ˈdɪɾɪ̃ʔ]
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General-American: [ˈdɪn̩]
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General-American: [ˈdɪdnn̩(ʔ)]
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Yorkshire: [ˈdɪnʔ]
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South-Asia: /ˈɖi(ɖi)ɳʈ/
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Canada, dialectal: /ˈdɪnət/
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Canada, dialectal: /ˈdɪn(n)t/
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rhymes with -ɪdənt
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CMU ARPABET: D IH1 D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: D IH1 D N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 3: D IH1 D AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 4: D IH1 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English did Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-West Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *h2ey- Proto-Indo-European *-u Proto-Indo-European *h2óyu Proto-Indo-European *-osinflu. Proto-Germanic *aiwaz Proto-West Germanic *aiw univ. Proto-West Germanic *naiw Proto-Indo-European *wekw- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wékwtisder.? Proto-Indo-European *weǵh- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *wéǵhtisder.? Proto-Germanic *wihtą Proto-West Germanic *wiht Proto-West Germanic *naiwwiht Old English nāwiht Old English *nōht Middle English nought Middle English not English notder. English -n't English didn't From did + -n't.
Real reading context