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none
1[ nuhn ]
pronoun
- not one:
None of the members is going.
- not any, as of something indicated:
None of the pie is left. That is none of your business.
- no part; nothing:
I'll have none of your backtalk!
- (used with a plural verb) no or not any persons or things:
I left three pies on the table and now there are none. None were left when I came.
adverb
- to no extent; in no way; not at all:
The supply is none too great.
adjective
- Archaic. not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h ):
Thou shalt have none other gods but me.
none
2[ nohn ]
noun
none
1/ ʌ /
pronoun
- not any of a particular class
none of my letters has arrived
- no-one; nobody
there was none to tell the tale
- no part (of a whole); not any (of)
none of it looks edible
- none otherno other person
none other than the Queen herself
- none thefoll by a comparative adjective in no degree
she was none the worse for her ordeal
- none toonot very
he was none too pleased with his car
none
2/ əʊ /
noun
- another word for nones
Usage
Grammar Note
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of none1
Idioms and Phrases
- all (none) of the above
- bar none
- not have it (have none of)
- second to none
Example Sentences
Cam Ward was picked first by the Tennessee Titans but there has been none of the fanfare that usually accompanies that selection, as it was widely expected and there was plenty of drama elsewhere.
There's none of the sleek appeal of Loki from the "Avengers" franchise or camp glee of Ursula from "The Little Mermaid."
While the academies’ peer institutions have been criticized by Trump administration officials for giving lip service to the free flow of ideas and information, none have been subjected to such blatant censorship—not yet.
Our lab results found that none of the pouches came close to the 3mg of iron that Ms Van de Bor would want an infant to be having from a main meal.
“You know none of this is about saving money, right?” one Republican source familiar with Musk’s behind-the-scenes push to dismantle state institutions recently told Wired.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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