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Can't

//kɑːnt// verb, slang

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    Cannot (negative auxiliary); be unable to; not have the ability to (whether due to lacking relevant strength or skill or knowledge or supplies, or due to logical impossibility, etc).

    "I can’t quite get it to work."

  2. 2
    To be forbidden to; to be not permitted to.

    "You can’t enter the hall without a ticket."

  3. 3
    To be unwilling to; to not have the desire of; to don’t want to. euphemistic, slang

    "Will you come to dinner with us tonight? Can't; already have plans this evening."

Etymology

From can + -n't, since 1706 or earlier.

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