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Meaning of nec | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR A2
[ˈnɛk]

Definitions

  1. nor
    not-comparable
  2. and not, not
    not-comparable
  3. neither
    not-comparable
  4. not even
    not-comparable
  5. Equivalent to 'not': A unary operation on logical values that changes true to false, and false to true.

Equivalents

English not
Kurdî not not

Examples

“Nūllus adhūc mundō praebēbat lūmina Tītān, nec nova crēscendō reparābat cornua Phoebē, nec circumfūsō pendēbat in āere tellūs ponderibus lībrāta suīs, nec bracchia longō margine terrārum porrēxerat Amphītrītē; […]”

No Titan [Sun] as yet provided light to the world, nor did Phoebe [the Moon] repair new horns in waxing, nor did the Earth hang in the surrounding air, balanced by its own weights, nor had Amphitrite [the sea] stretched her arms down the far borders of the lands; […]

CEFR level

A2
Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

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