# didn't

Pronunciation: US say "DID-uhnt" /ˈdɪdn̩t/; UK

## Verb

1. Contracted form of 'did not,' used as a negative auxiliary to negate a verb in the past tense.
   - Simple: Short form of 'did not.' It says that something did not happen in the past.
   - _She didn't realize the store had already closed for the day._
   - _We didn't expect so many guests to arrive at once._

## Origin

Formed from "did" combined with the contraction "-n't," meaning "not."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/didn-t (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).