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# nt

«nt» in Mova's school dictionary: **"n't": the short form of "not" in contractions like…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

abbreviation (NT); fragment (n't)

### meaning for a pupil

1) "n't": the short form of "not" in contractions like "don't", "isn't", "can't", which may appear cut off as "nt". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nt/#m1)

2) (church, Bible) NT is short for the New Testament, the second part of the Christian Bible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nt/#m2)

3) (Australia) NT is short for the Northern Territory, a part of Australia whose capital is Darwin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nt/#m3)

4) (UK) The National Trust, a charity that looks after old houses, gardens and countryside. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nt/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

A fragment, not a word. In grammar lessons, "n't" stands for "not" in contractions: do + not = don't. In RE, NT means New Testament (the Gospels and letters about Jesus and the first Christians). In Australian geography, the NT contains Uluru.

### examples

- "Don't" is short for "do not"; the "n't" means "not". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nt/#x1)
- In RE we read the Gospels in the NT. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nt/#x2)
- Uluru is in the NT, in the middle of Australia. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nt/#x3)
- We went to an NT house with a huge garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nt/#x4)
- The apostrophe in "isn't" replaces the "o" of "not". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nt/#x5)
- Darwin is the capital of the NT. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nt/#x6)
- But, bless yo' soul, honey, Brer Fox ain't sa'nter fur, 'fo' Jack Sparrer flipp down on a 'simmon-bush by de side er de road, en holler out: [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nt/#x7)

### note

Fragment and abbreviation, not a word on its own. In contractions the apostrophe goes where letters are missing: "did not" → "didn't" (not "did'nt"). Special forms: "can't" (cannot), "won't" (will not). OT = Old Testament.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «nt» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/N/nt/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.