释义
a prefix meaning “not,” freely used as an English formative, usually with a simple negative force as implying mere negation or absence of something (rather than the opposite or reverse of it, as often expressed by un-1 ): nonadherence; noninterference; nonpayment; nonprofessional .
Origin of non- A prefix representing the Latin adverb nōn “not”
Words nearby non- nomology, nomothetic, nomotopic, Nomura, -nomy, non- , nona, nonabrasive, nonabsorbable suture, nonacademic, nonacceptance
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Example sentences from the Web for non- Limbaugh makes comments like this because his right-wing fans require a non–stop diet of race-baiting red meat.
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Toking up was implied by smoky backgrounds and non sequiturial banter.
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And, for the most part, the major speakers stayed even keeled and non hysterical.
CPAC: Come for the Crazy, Stay for the Party | Michelle Cottle| March 7, 2014| DAILY BEAST
You can only ever see it from an outsider and comment on it with the rueful wisdom of a non participant.
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Of the non- atmospheric type the "Sansair," also made by Geo.
Acetylene, The Principles Of Its Generation And Use | F. H. Leeds
Non episcopus universalis, sed universalis Ecclesi episcopus.
History of the Reformation in the Sixteenth Century, Vol 2 | J. H. Merle D'Aubign
Your Non Plush Ultra will have to be a neat, ankle-length riding skirt.
Somewhere in Red Gap | Harry Leon Wilson
I, 399: 'Presence a vewe de franc pledge demande par la reson de la persone, non de la tenure.'
Villainage in England | Paul Vinogradoff
Puellam ex illo Tumultu plangentium stupore correptam esse, non vero defunctam.
Six Discourses on the Miracles of our Saviour | Thomas Woolston
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British Dictionary definitions for non- prefix indicating negation nonexistent
indicating refusal or failure noncooperation
indicating exclusion from a specified class of persons or things nonfiction
indicating lack or absence, esp of a quality associated with what is specified nonobjective ; nonevent
Word Origin for non- from Latin nōn not
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Medical definitions for non- The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.