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The correct spelling is can.
How to pronounce can
/ˈkæn/
verbIPA: /ˈkæn/
Say it like: Can
The correct spelling is can. (auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to. For example: "She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday?"
Usage Examples
“She can speak English, French, and German. I can play football. Can you remember your fifth birthday?”
“You can go outside and play when you're finished with your homework. Can I use your pen?”
“Animals can experience emotions.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.(auxiliary verb, defective) To know how to; to be able to.
- 2.(modal auxiliary verb, defective) May; to be permitted or enabled to.
- 3.(modal auxiliary verb, defective) To have the potential to; be possible.
- 4.(auxiliary verb, defective) Used with verbs of perception.
- 5.To know.
noun
- 1.A more or less cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium, but sometimes of plastic, and with a carrying handle over the top.
- 2.A container used to carry and dispense water for plants (a watering can).
- 3.A tin-plate canister, often cylindrical, for preserved foods such as fruit, meat, or fish.
- 4.A chamber pot, now a toilet or lavatory.
- 5.Buttocks.
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