EGAVE

can't

About 0.08 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb Cannot (negative modal auxiliary); be unable to; not have the ability to (whether due to lacking relevant strength or skill or knowledge or supplies, or due to logical impossibility, etc).
    I can’t quite get it to work.
  2. verb To be forbidden to; to be not permitted to.
    You can’t enter the hall without a ticket.
  3. verb To be unwilling to; to not have the desire of; to don’t want to.
    Will you come to dinner with us tonight? Can't; already have plans this evening.

Similar words

cannot can not could not be unable to forget it cant impossible inadmissible unobtainable volatility

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