# won't

Pronunciation: say "WOHNT" US /woʊnt/, UK /wəʊnt/

## Verb

1. Contraction of "will not," used to indicate that some future action or event is not going to occur.
   - Simple: A short way of saying "will not," used to talk about something that is not going to happen.
   - _The repairs won't be finished before the weekend._
   - _She won't sign the contract until her lawyer reviews it._

## Origin

This developed from an earlier form "wonnot," itself from Middle English "wynnot," "wilnot," and similar forms: all contractions of Middle English "will not," equivalent to "will" plus "not" (and/or "woll" plus "not").

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