Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In no respect or degree; to no extent; not a whit; not; no: as, none the better.
- noun A Middle English form of
noon . - Not one; not any; not an; not a; no.
- Not one; no one; often as a plural, no persons or no things.
- Not any; not a part; not the least portion.
- Nothing.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
nones , 2. - adjective No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.
- adjective No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style.
- adjective not at all; not; nothing of; -- used emphatically.
- adjective (Bot.) the
Saxifraga umbrosa . See London pride (a), underLondon .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- pronoun Not any (one)
of a given number or group of things. With singular or plural concord. - pronoun Not any person:
no one ,nobody (with singular concord); no people (with plural concord). - determiner Not any;
no .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective not any
- noun a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
- adverb not at all or in no way
- noun a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
Etymologies
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Examples
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Do we really need more then eleven thousand point of view on the stupid act of an upset man — none, *none* who witnessed it, nor talked to the involved parties?
Why Nick Carr is wrong on Google as a middleman for news » Nieman Journalism Lab 2009
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For if the options are irreducible causation or none, one should ask whether ˜none™ might be the better choice.
The Metaphysics of Causation Schaffer, Jonathan 2007
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III. i.7 (62,9) [I do lose a thing, That none but fools would keep] [W: would reck] The meaning seems plainly this, that _none but fools would_ wish _to keep life_; or, _none but fools would keep_ it, if choice were allowed.
Notes to Shakespeare — Volume 01: Comedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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"But in none of these, in _none_, was there -- realization -- of themselves, say the Three; naught but hunger driving, always driving them to still its crying.
The Moon Pool Abraham Merritt 1913
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I figured I could cash in on you round eyes by calling myself by a name none of you would ever forget—Charlie Chan.
Sins of Two Fathers Denis Hamill 2003
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I figured I could cash in on you round eyes by calling myself by a name none of you would ever forget—Charlie Chan.
Sins of Two Fathers Denis Hamill 2003
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I figured I could cash in on you round eyes by calling myself by a name none of you would ever forget—Charlie Chan.
Sins of Two Fathers Denis Hamill 2003
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I figured I could cash in on you round eyes by calling myself by a name none of you would ever forget—Charlie Chan.
Sins of Two Fathers Denis Hamill 2003
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Now I realize that probably isn't the proper medical terminology, but I am working on the patent for the term none the less. lol ...
rainandfire Diary Entry rainandfire 2001
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onyx - a sternum of slippery glass some may enter her throat, unload and expect a morning of without a face or a name none will enter her heart
smokestacked. FMLe 2011
oroboros commented on the word none
nONE
June 15, 2008