Can't Definition

kănt
contraction
Cannot.
Webster's New World

Cannot; is unable to; does not have the ability to.

I can't quite get it to work.
Wiktionary

Is forbidden to; is not permitted to.

You can't enter the hall without a ticket.
Wiktionary

Origin of Can't

  • can +‎ -n't, since 1706 or earlier.

    From Wiktionary

Can't Sentence Examples

  • I just can't believe this.

  • I can't have one.

  • You can't imagine how I've missed the country.

  • We can't make her understand.

  • I can't remember the name of it, but I think I would have remembered North Street.

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