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Definition of "doesn't" []

  • Contraction of does not. (noun-possessive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "doesn't" in a sentence
  • "The truth is that there is no accepted definition of Jewish, and shouting the term doesn't make it any clearer."
  • "If a label doesn't have the reach of a major it's not going to make anything using the service."
  • "The utility has released data showing it meets these criteria at Fukushima, though some nuclear scientists say the term doesn't apply to melted reactors."