see also: NO, No
Pronunciation Etymology 1
From Middle English no, noo, na, a reduced form of none, noon, nan ("none, not any") used before consonants (compare a to an), from Old English nān, from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz, equivalent to
Cognate with Scots nae, ofs nān, nēn "no, not any, none", Saterland Frisian naan, neen ("no, not any, none"), Northern Frisian nian, odt nēn "no, not any, none"; > Dutch neen, Old Norse neinn. Compare also osx nigēn "not any"; > Low German nen, odt nehēn (Middle Dutch negheen/negeen, Dutch geen), Western Frisian gjin, Old High German nihein (> German kein). More at no, one.
Determiner- Not any.
- Synonyms: zero#Determiner
- Antonyms: any#Determiner, some#Determiner, ;, one#Determiner, ;, a few#Determiner, a couple of, a handful of, ;, multiple#Determiner, various#Determiner, ;, many#Determiner, numerous#Determiner, ;, countless#Determiner
- no one
- There is no water left.
- No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
- No geese were at the lake.
- No two people are the same.
- There was no score at the end of the first period. (The score was 0-0.)
- Hardly any.
- Antonyms: quite, some
- We'll be finished in no time at all.
- Fifty pounds for this is no money, really.
- Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
- No smoking
- There's no stopping her once she gets going.
- Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
- My mother's no fool.
- Working nine to five every day is no life.
- No geese have blue beaks.
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Etymology 2From Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō, from Proto-Germanic *nai, *ne, from Proto-Indo-European *ne, *nē, *nēy, equivalent to Old English ne + ā, ever, always.
Adverbno (not comparable)
- (with following adjective) not, not at all
- Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
- It is a less physical kind of torture, but no less gruesome.
- You’re no better than a common thief.
- Look no further than one's nose
- This is no different from what we've been doing all along.
- (informal) Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
- This thing is no good.
- The teacher’s decision was no fair.
- Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
- (without adjective, now, Scotland, informal) not
- I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
- 1725, Daniel Defoe, An essay on the history and reality of apparitions:
- AS the Devil is not so Black as he is Painted, so neither does he appear in so many Shapes as we make for him; we Dress him up in more Suits of Cloaths, and more Masquerade Habits, than ever he wore; and I question much, if he was to see the Pictures and Figures which we call Devil, whether he would know himself by some of them or no.
- Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.
- Synonyms: nay, nope
- Antonyms: yes, yea, aye, maybe
- No, you are mistaken.
- No, you may not watch television now.
- David, no!
- Used to show agreement with a negative question.
- Synonyms: nah, nay, nope
- "Don’t you like milk?" "No" (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
- (colloquial) Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement.
- No, totally.
- No, yeah, that's exactly right.
- "Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!"
- See also Thesaurus:no
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Nounno (plural nos or noes)
- a negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval
- a vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition
- The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and two "nos".
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Etymology 3Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin numero.
Adverbno (not comparable)
- (archaic) Alternative form of No.
no (plural nos)
- Alternative form of No.
NO
Adjective Proper noun
- (Roman Catholicism) Init of Novus Ordo
No
Etymology 1
Variant of No., from the scribal abbreviation for Latin numero.
Adverbno (not comparable)
- (archaic) Alternative form of No.
no (plural nos)
- Alternative form of No.
A macronless variant of Nō, the romanization of Japanese 能.
Nounno
Proper noun- A lake in South Sudan
- A county in South Sudan
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