wasn't

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See also: wasnt

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From was +‎ -n't

Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈwɒzənt/, [ˈwɒzn̩(ʔ)], (colloquial, Yorkshire) IPA(key): [ˈwɒn(ʔ)]
  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈwʌzənt/, [ˈwʌzn̩(t)] (colloquial, dialectal) IPA(key): [ˈwʌdn̩(t)]
  • Audio (US):(file)

Verb

wasn't

  1. was not (negative auxiliary[1])
    • 1899, Hughes Mearns, Antigonish:
      Yesterday, upon the stair / I met a man who wasn’t there / He wasn’t there again today / I wish, I wish he’d go away …

See also

References

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

Anagrams

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