Definition of "cannot" []

• The negative form of can1. (auxiliary-verb)

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• "He was not, however, awarded the WWE Championship because the title cannot change hands on a count-out."
• "The only thing that Obama can offer Hillary that Mccain cannot is VP, but I don't think she wants it unless she thinks it is for the party's sake."
• "If we considerpast practices and customs, however, the term cannot mean the typeof sweeping revisions of the Mass ritual and the alteration ofliturgical texts that we are now experiencing."