/ Dictionary / Index N not: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: not Pronunciation: (not), [key] — adv. (used to express negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition): You must not do that. It's not far from here. (used jocularly as a postpositive interjection to indicate that a previous statement is untrue): That's a lovely dress. Not! not- Pronunciation: [key] var. ofbefore a vowel. NOT Pronunciation: (not), [key] a Boolean operator that returns a positive result if its operand is negative and a negative result if its operand is positive. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: not (Thesaurus) Nosy Parker NOTA Related Content Daily Word Quiz: perspicacious Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language