hadn't

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English

Etymology

had +‎ -n't

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhæd(ə)nt/
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Verb

hadn't

  1. (informal) Contraction of had not. (negative auxiliary[1])

References

  1. ^ Arnold M. Zwicky and Geoffrey K. Pullum, Cliticization vs. Inflection: English n’t, Language 59 (3), 1983, pp. 502-513
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