verb
Meaning 1
would not (negative auxiliary)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Wouldn't you often have supper on the terrace on Sundays?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
wouldn't
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
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
-
Received-Pronunciation, US: /ˈwʊdn̩t/
-
US: [wʊdnn̩t]
-
US: [wʊɾənt]
-
US: [ˈwʊʔn̩t]
-
Yorkshire: /ˈwʊnt/
-
Yorkshire: [ˈwʊnʔ]
-
US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
UK: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
-
rhymes with -ʊdn̩t
-
rhymes with -ʊnt
-
CMU ARPABET: W UH1 D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
History
Etymology
Contraction of would + not, equivalent to would + -n't.
Real reading context