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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/ nʌn /
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/ nəʊn /
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
None of these, though, has inspired quite the same backlash as fluoride.
The advisers, led by Suleimani, included none other than Taghavi.
I actually downloaded the app last summer and was embarrassed because none of my friends seemed to use it.
For my friend, a small minority of JSwipe matches materialized into conversations, and none have materialized into dates.
It was a Senate floor soap opera over none other than a soap-opera producer.
None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.
Various impulses urged him into a pouring flood of words; yet he gave expression to none of them.
It being offensive to the French, they took none of it with them on their return.
He reached down inside my shirt, with a none too gentle hand, and relieved me of the belt that held the money.
This tiny person spent little or none of his time in the tree-tops, but chose to stay near the ground.
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