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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024non-, prefix. - non-, usually meaning "not,'' is attached
- to adjectives and adverbs and means a simple negative or absence of something:non- + violent → nonviolent.
- to a noun of action and means the failure of such action:non- + payment → nonpayment (= failure to pay).
- to a noun to suggest that the thing mentioned is not true, real, or worthy of the name:nonevent.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024non-, - 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; nonpayment;nonprofessional.
- prefix representing Latin adverb, adverbial nōn not
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: 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
Etymology: from Latin nōn not |