verb · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈdʌz.ənt/
UK:[ˈdʌz.n̩t]
UK, colloquial:/ˈdʌn(t)/
US:/ˈdʌz.ənt/
US:[ˈdʌz.n̩t]
US:/ˈdʌd.ənt/
dialectal:/ˈdʌd(ə)nt/
dialectal:/ˈdʊ(nə)nt/
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
rhymes with -ʌzənt
rhymes with -ʌn
rhymes with -ʌnt
rhymes with -ʌdənt
CMU ARPABET:D AH1 Z AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:D AH1 Z AH0 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
Does not (negative auxiliary)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
July 18 2012, Scott Tobias, AV Club The Dark Knight Riseshttp://www.avclub.com/articles/the-dark-knight-rises-review-batman,82624/ Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
Dost not
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, dialectal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English does 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 doesn't From does + -n't.
Across languages
Translations
1 source translations are retained for this English entry.
