Cannot

Quick meaning: Cannot is a verb meaning Can not; be unable to (whether due to physical inability, logical impossibility, etc).

Meaning

Can not; be unable to (whether due to physical inability, logical impossibility, etc).

More Meanings

1. Be forbidden or not permitted to
2. Something that cannot be done.
3. A person who cannot do (something).

Example Sentences

the cans and cannots

I cannot open the window. It is stuck.

You cannot enter the hall without a ticket.

The butler cannot be the murderer, he cannot have killed her, because he was in another city at the time.

Word Forms

• cannet
• cannit
• can not
• cannots

Synonyms for cannot

Depending on context, synonyms include can't.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include can't, ca'n't, cann't, couldn't, cannott, cou'dn't.

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