EGAVE

cannot

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb Can not; be unable to (whether due to physical inability, logical impossibility, etc.).
    I cannot open the window. It is stuck.
  2. verb Be forbidden or not permitted to.
    You cannot enter the hall without a ticket.
  3. noun Something that cannot be done.
    the cans and cannots
  4. noun A person who cannot do (something).

Similar words

can not can't ca'n't cann't couldn't cannot but cannott can't but cannot help can't help

Often followed by

be have help exist but do

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