hasn't en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈhæz.n̩t/
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Etymology
From has + -n't.
Meanings
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Has not: negative form of the auxiliary has
She hasn't got toothache any longer.
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(archaic, dialectal, literary) Has not/does not have: negative form of the lexical has
(She) hasn’t a chance, Mary (hasn’t).
“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”
1935, George Goodchild, chapter 1, in Death on the Centre Court: