won't
n.n. the short way to say 'will not'. You use it to talk about things that are not going to happen in the future or to say that someone refuses to do something.
n. the contracted form of 'will not', used to express negative futurity or a refusal to perform an action.
I won't be able to come to the party tonight.
The car won't start because the battery is completely dead after the cold night.
Despite several attempts to negotiate a compromise, the committee won't budge on the proposed budget cuts for the upcoming fiscal year.
From earlier wonnot, from Middle English wynnot, wilnot, wolnot, wilnat, a contraction of Middle English will not, wil not, wyll not, will noght, wil noht, willi noȝt, wyl nat, wol not, woll not, wole not, wolle not, wol nat, woll nat, etc., equivalent to a will + not and/or woll + not. For the pronunciation with /oʊ/, /əʊ/, see poultry.
A modal contraction; functions as an auxiliary verb followed by the bare infinitive of the main verb.
I will not to goI won't goLike 'will', the contraction 'won't' is followed by the base form of the verb without 'to'.