cannot
cannot [cant] v
see can.; negated modal auxiliary.
- Be physically unable to.
- Be incapable of.
- Be unable to do effectively.
- Be impotent to.
- Should not; ought not to; be obligated not to.
- Seem unbelievable to; appear impossible to.
- Be unwilling to; be emotionally unable to.
- Phrase. “cant I”: can I not? [negated tag question for affirmative emphasis] surely; certainly I can.