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not [nɒt] ADV

1. not after aux vb:

not
ne
it's not unusual
to ni nenavadno
isn't she beautiful?
ali ni čudovita?

2. not in tag question:

it's cold, is it not [or isn't it]?
mrzlo je, kajne?

3. not before n:

it's a girl, not a boy
punčka je, ne fantek

4. not before infinitive:

he's asked me not to do it
prosil me je, naj tega ne naredim

5. not before predeterminer:

not all children like swimming
vsi otroci ne marajo plavanja

6. not before pron:

not me!
jaz ne!

7. not (less than):

not
manj kot
not
niti
not one of my answers was right
niti eden od mojih odgovorov ni bil pravilen

8. not before adj, adv (meaning opposite):

not always
ne vedno
not much
ne veliko

9. not before adj hum (emphasizing opposite):

he's not bad-looking
ne izgleda slabo

for·ˈget-me-not N BOT

not-for-ˈprofit ADJ

not-for-profit organization, company:

not-for-profit
neprofiten
not so much as
komaj

Usage examples with not

waste not, want not
bodi varčen, pa ne boš potreboval
waste not, want not prov
bodi varčen, pa ne boš potreboval
not for nothing
ne brez razloga
absolutely not!
nikakor!
not applicable (on application form)
neprimeren
not even
niti
not forgetting
in še
not terribly
ne tako zelo
certainly not
nikakor ne
not half inf
niti najmanj
not yet
ne še
not at all (polite response)
ni za kaj
not paralleled
brez primere
surely not!
saj to ne more biti res!
not all there inf
ne biti čisto [pri pameti]
not excepting
vključno
not at all! (when thanked)
ni za kaj!
not me!
jaz ne!

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
They then learn that they are not competing together, but rather head-to-head.
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She liked her cats to look like real cats painted from life (albeit always properly dressed ones), not inky sketches.
www.spectator.co.uk
They are not manufactured locally and the costs of setting up local manufacturing facilities would be prohibitive, given the regulations surrounding pharmaceuticals.
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But none of 116 people who had died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease who had not received contaminated growth hormone showed any sign of amyloid protein deposits.
montrealgazette.com
Note that the user's password is not disclosed to the computer he uses.
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At the store, they should not be damaged or bruised and pre-cut pieces should be refrigerated or surrounded by ice.
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It is frequently seen as a result of post-modernity (not post-modernism).
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Many elements of target concepts come from source domains and are not preexisting.
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Although wind power is a popular form of energy generation, the construction of wind farms is not universally welcomed, often for aesthetic reasons.
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Not only a whole new scientific field of investigation, but a community of scientists capable of doing it well has been created.
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