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no one
[ noh wuhn ]
pronoun
- no person; not anyone; nobody:
No one is home.
no-one
pronoun
- no person; nobody
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Word History and Origins
Origin of no one1
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Example Sentences
Even if Gaetz were a man of unimpeachable character, no one would think him remotely professionally qualified to be attorney general of the United States.
The delays kept everyone voting late into the night, to no one's pleasure.
"Hottokenai in Japanese translates to 'leave no one behind,' which is the central promise of the United Nations 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its Sustainable Development Goals," said Dr. Kato.
Whatever the voters’ reasons, forcing incarcerated individuals to do work against their will is immoral and does no one any good — neither prisoners nor those in the outside world to which most will return.
No one would be questioning their efforts if they were searching for their daughter instead of a dog, she said.
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More About No One
What does no one mean?
No one means the same thing as nobody—no person or not anyone, as in No one knows or Trust no one.
No one is used as a pronoun. Unlike most other pronouns, which are used in place of referring to a person or thing by name, no one refers to a nonexistent person.
When it’s used as the subject of a clause or sentence, it’s always used with a singular verb, even if it does the job of referring to multiple people, as in I invited 12 people, but no one is coming (not no one are coming).
Sometimes, it’s hyphenated as no-one, which reflects the fact that it’s typically used as if it were one word—it’s almost always interchangeable with nobody. (The form noone isn’t commonly used, probably because it’s hard to read.)
Sometimes, you might see the words no and one appear together in a way that’s not intended to be a single term, as in No one person should have that much power.
The opposite of no one can be thought to be everyone or everybody.
Example: Everyone is talking about it, but no one actually saw it happen.
Where does no one come from?
The first records of the term no one come from around 1600. It’s a simple combination of no and one, in which one refers to a person. For this reason, no one is always used in reference to people and never to things.
The words anyone, someone, and everyone use one in the same way.
No one’s close synonym nobody is sometimes used to mean “an unimportant person,” as in I don’t want to be a nobody, but no one isn’t typically used in this way.
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What are some other forms related to no one?
- no-one (hyphenated alternate spelling)
- noone (uncommon alternate spelling)
What are some synonyms for no one?
What are some words that share a root or word element with no one?
What are some words that often get used in discussing no one?
How is no one used in real life?
No one is extremely common. It’s almost always interchangeable with nobody.
no one ever tells you how often you'll whisper "righty tighty, lefty loosey" to yourself as an adult and they really should
— Lane Moore👉4/9 NYC (@hellolanemoore) February 21, 2021
water is like the oldest beverage ever and somehow has no nickname. no one is ever like "sure could go for a cup of that clear" or whatever. huge oversight imo
— Trey Smith (@SlimiHendrix) September 21, 2020
https://twitter.com/ArianaGrande/status/1217706070988083200
Try using no one!
Which of the following sentences uses no one with the correct verb form?
A. No one actually like going to the dentist—they go to keep their teeth healthy.
B. No one actually likes going to the dentist—they go to keep their teeth healthy.
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