The meaning of DON'T is do not. How to use don't in a sentence. Usage of Don't: Usage Guide.

Nov 30, 2025 · (African-American Vernacular) Used before an emphatic negative subject. Don’t nobody care.

(Definition of don't from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Don ' t is the standard contraction for do not. As a contraction for does not, don ' t first appeared in writing in the latter half of the 17th century, about the same time as the first written appearance of …

DON'T definition: contraction of do not. See examples of don't used in a sentence.

usage: As a contraction for does not, don't first appeared in writing in the latter half of the 17th century and remained standard in both speech and writing through the 18th.

Both don’t and doesn’t are contractions using the verb do and the word not. It's easier to see which one is the correct choice if you expand the contractions: don’t is a contraction of "do not" and doesn't is a …

USAGE don't is the standard contraction for do not.

Definition of don’t short form in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Don't is a contraction of do not. It is often used informally, especially in speech, as the equivalent of does not—as in, for example, ‘she don't drink tea’—but this is not standard English and should be avoided …