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isn't

verb
/ˈɪz.ənt/UK/ˈɪz.ənt/CA

Etymology

From is + -n't.

  1. inherited from *h₁ésti✻
  2. derived from *wesaną✻
  3. inherited from *isti✻
  4. inherited from *ist✻
  5. inherited from is
  6. inherited from is
  7. suffixed as isn't — “is + n't”

Definitions

  1. Contraction of is + not (negative auxiliary).

    • Nice day, isn't it?
    • I suppose she's hungry, isn't she?

  2. Something or someone that is defined by the lack of the characteristic being discussed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for isn't. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA