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non-
(word root) notExamples of words with the root non-: nonconformist
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non-
pref.
Not: noncombatant.
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non-
prefix
1. indicating negation: nonexistent.
2. indicating refusal or failure: noncooperation.
3. indicating exclusion from a specified class of persons or things: nonfiction.
4. indicating lack or absence, esp of a quality associated with what is specified: nonobjective; nonevent.
[from Latin nōn not]
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un
or 'un
(ən)pron.
Dial. one: young uns; He's a bad un.
[1805–15]
UN
or U.N.,
United Nations.
un-1
, a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, giving negative or opposite force in adjectives and their derivative adverbs and nouns (unfair; unfairly; unfairness; unfelt; unseen; unfitting; unformed; unheard-of; un-get-at-able), and less freely used in certain other nouns (unrest; unemployment).
[Middle English un-, on-, Old English; c. Dutch on-, German un-; akin to Latin in-, Greek an-,a-. See a-6, an-1, in-3]
un-2
, a prefix freely used in English to form verbs expressing a reversal of some action or state, or removal, deprivation, release, etc. (unbend; uncork; unfasten; etc.), or to intensify the force of a verb already having such a meaning (unloose).
[Middle English, Old English un-, on-; c. Dutch ont-=, German ent-; akin to Latin ante, Greek anti; compare ante-, anti-]
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Translations
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non-
[ˈnɒn-] prefix → non-non-alcoholic [ˌnɒnælkəˈhɒlɪk] nonalcoholic (US) adj → non alcoolisé(e)non-aligned [ˌnɒnəˈlaɪnd] nonaligned (US) adj [countries, nation, member] → non aligné(e); [movement]non-alignment [ˌnɒnəˈlaɪnmənt] n → non-alignement mnon-attendance [ˌnɒnəˈtɛndəns] n → absence fnon-believer [ˌnɒnbɪˈliːvər] n → non-croyant(e) m/fCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
non-
pref → nicht-;non-absorbent
adj → nicht absorbierend
nonacceptance
n (Comm, Fin) → Nichtannahme f, → Annahmeverweigerung f
non-achiever
n → Leistungsschwache(r) mf
non-adjustable
adj → nicht verstellbar, unverstellbar
non-affiliated
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non-
(non) used with many words to change their meanings to the opposite; not.
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