don't

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Contraction 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dəʊnt/, SAMPA: /d@Unt/
• (US) IPA: /doʊnt/, SAMPA: /doUnt/
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• Rhymes: -əʊnt

[edit] Contraction

don’t

1. Contraction of do not.
   • The Police, "Don't Stand So Close to Me", Zenyatta Mondatta, A&M Records:

     Don't Stand, Don't stand so, Don't stand so close to me.

2. (nonstandard) Contraction of does not.
   • 1971, Carol King, “So Far Away”, Tapestry, Ode Records:

     I sure hope the road don’t come to own me.

3. (African American Vernacular) Used before an emphatic negative subject.

   Don’t nobody care.

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

don't (plural don'ts)

1. Something that must not be done (usually in the phrase dos and don’ts).

[edit] Derived terms

• dos and don'ts, do's and dont's