didn't

See also: didnt

English

Etymology

did +‎ -n't

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɪd(ə)nt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): [ˈdɪɾɪ̃ʔ], [ˈdɪn̩], [ˈdɪdn̩(ʔ)]
  • (Yorkshire) IPA(key): [ˈdɪnʔ]
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  • Rhymes: -ɪdənt

Verb

didn't

  1. did 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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