none
noun
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L324523 on Wikidata ↗adverb
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L333658 on Wikidata ↗adjective
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L338710 on Wikidata ↗pronoun
- not any of a group
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /nʌn/ / /nɔn/ / /nəʊn/ / /noʊn/
adv
Etymology: From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.) Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen, keen (“no, none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).
- To no extent, in no way.
“I felt none the worse for my recent illness.”
“my lack of education hasn't hurt me none”
- Not at all, not very.
“He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.”
“We could hear none too well from the back.”
- No, not.
det
Etymology: From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.) Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen, keen (“no, none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).
- Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h)
“Thou shalt have none other gods but me.”
“the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.”
noun
Etymology: From French none, from Latin nōna (“ninth; ninth hour”).
- Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour.
- Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.
“None of the day, is the third quarter of the day beginning at Noon and lasting till the Sun be gone half way towards setting.”
“The last, which began at the middle of the Afternoon, i.e. at half the Time between Noon and Sun-setting, was called None, because it began at the Ninth Hour.”
pron
Etymology: From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.) Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen, keen (“no, none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).
- Not any of a given number or group.
“None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.”
“None of this meat tastes right.”
- Not any of a given number or group.
“None of those people is my father.”
- Not any of a given number or group.
“None of those people are my parents. None shall pass.”
“Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.”