how to pronounce cannot

/ˈkænət/

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cannot is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of cannot in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… revealed that he simply cannot afford to …”

meanings of cannot

verb:

Be forbidden or not permitted to.
Can not (be unable to).

noun:

Something that cannot be done.

cannot frequency in english - A1 level of CEFR

the word cannot occurs in english on average 173.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics cannot can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that cannot can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;