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would•n't

Pronounscontraction. a shortened form of would not.

would•n't

Pronounscontraction of would not:I wouldn't ask her.

contraction.

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wouldn't /ˈwʊd^ənt/ contraction of

would not

'wouldn't' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

bar - believe - butter - dare - double negative - dream - even - figure - hear - listen - love - otherwise - straw - touch - trouble - unhook - wish on - alone - approve - as - back - budge - cheapie - cricket - debase - finger - fly - hand - haul - have - hell - hound - hurt - ice - if - it - klutzy - latch - leave - nice - put - time of day - tongue - tumble - two cents - wash - wish - world - shoe - short

Forum discussions with the word(s) "wouldn't" in the title:

- Wouldn't you know? - I know.
... it wouldn't go away. Not for 300 years.
... wouldn't wake me up
........you wouldn't have this problem now
...it wouldn't be much good anyway
...so that you wouldn't/won't take offense
'I wouldn't know' without anything following it
'She didn't think / thought John would / wouldn't mind...
'wouldn't' / 'won't'
'wouldn't' or 'won't'
‘At primary school we had processed peas, which I wouldn't eat because I got frozen peas at home.’
“Why is this wouldn’t work?” OR “why wouldn’t this work?”
“You wouldn’t have a pen, would you?” vs “You don’t have a pen, do you?”
(cloth) wouldn't wash
[Third conditional] I wouldn’t have been able to come, anyway. I had to take care of some stuff.
[would have to worry] vs. [wouldn't have to use up]
[wouldn't have answered when I called] vs. [would have been surprised when I saw]
2 wouldn'ts [It wouldn't have ... if we wouldn't have ....]
2nd Conditional: He wouldn't talk to me if I had an argument with his Mum.
A hotel wouldn't have so many happy memories.
After they died we wouldn't get/didn't get any more pets.
Alex wouldn't have it any other way
although it wouldn't cost much / little
And even you wouldn't do that.
and it's exactly I wouldn't be looking to
And knowing she was naked in your dream wouldn't push her to homicide?
and then it wouldn't <have been><be> possible for us to arrive
and they ar'n't right whales, for it wouldn't be right to say so.
and were going to leave tonight, you <wouldn't have met> him tomorrow
and wouldn't <catch><stand a chance of catching> the 6:30 train
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