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Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The classical drama of Japan, with music and dance performed in a highly stylized manner by elaborately dressed performers on an almost bare stage.

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  • noun chemistry Symbol for nobelium.
  • noun A form of classical Japanese musical drama.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Japanese nō, talent, ability, No, from Early Middle Chinese nəŋ, be capable of, can, ability (also the source of Mandarin néeng).]

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Examples

  •       “No,” I tell him, and he slaps me again, harder this time, his smile breaking apart, his eyes wet, and the morning before we were married he asked me Are you sure? and I said to him No.      No, I said, because it was the truth; because I did not yet understand how unnecessary the truth could be.

    Whatever Happens 2010

  • Petraeus Says 'No Decision' as Americans Say 'No War' yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'Petraeus Says \'No Decision\' as Americans Say \'No War\ ''; yahooBuzzArticleSummary = 'Article: The PR managers just want to be able to say next year during the campaign some version that that it (Iraq) wasn\'t their fault, they are bringing the (some) troops home, the politicians blew it and Bush just listened to the Generals in the field.'

    Petraeus Says 'No Decision' as Americans Say 'No War' 2007

  • No, for He limits it to those in old age who can say, "_No man hath hired us_."

    God's Plan with Men 1900

  • Idleness and indolence made me say "Yes," when I should have said, "No;" but _Yes_ is so much easier to pronounce than _No_, especially on horseback.

    The Cross of Berny Jules Sandeau 1847

  • No matter: the truth has been formally proclaimed from the tribune that _No one has a moral right to do as a soldier that which it would be wrong for him to do as a man_ -- that, no matter what human rulers may decree, every man owes a paramount obedience to the law of

    Glances at Europe In a Series of Letters from Great Britain, France, Italy, Switzerland, &c. During the Summer of 1851. Horace Greeley 1841

  • No man, under any way of viewing the case, hesitated in replying, '_No_.'

    The Uncollected Writings of Thomas de Quincey, Vol. 2 With a Preface and Annotations by James Hogg Thomas De Quincey 1822

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    Recently Uploaded Slideshows 2010

  • HPFacebookVoteV2. init (359922, 'Senators: Just Say No to the Abortion Amendment', 'Say what you will about the Republicans being obstructionists and the party of \ "No\", they do have their convictions, and it would be inconceivable to me that they would ever support an amendment allowing gay marriage in the nation in order to pass some legislation which they considered to be vital.

    Judge H. Lee Sarokin: Senators: Just Say No to the Abortion Amendment 2009

  • HPFacebookVoteV2. init (359922, 'Senators: Just Say No to the Abortion Amendment', 'Say what you will about the Republicans being obstructionists and the party of \ "No\", they do have their convictions, and it would be inconceivable to me that they would ever support an amendment allowing gay marriage in the nation in order to pass some legislation which they considered to be vital.

    Judge H. Lee Sarokin: Senators: Just Say No to the Abortion Amendment 2009

  • "No, _señor_, no! _No es verdad_ — it is not true!

    Rebel Spurs Andre Norton 1958

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