hasn't

/ˈhæz.n̩t/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.71 in modern English

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verb

Has not: negative form of the auxiliary has

verb

Has not/does not have: negative form of the lexical has

Archaic; Literary

"She hasn't got toothache any longer."
"(She) hasn’t a chance, Mary (hasn’t)."
"“Anthea hasn't a notion in her head but to vamp a lot of silly mugwumps. She's set her heart on that tennis bloke[…]whom the papers are making such a fuss about.”"

From has + -n't.

hain't han't

Questions

How do you pronounce hasn't?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhæz.n̩t/.

What does hasn't mean?

Has not: negative form of the auxiliary has

Where does hasn't come from?

From has + -n't.

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