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no determiner [ nəʊ ]

• not any.
• "there is no excuse"

no exclamation

• used to give a negative response.
• "‘Is anything wrong?’ ‘No.’"
Similar: no indeed, absolutely not, most certainly not, of course not, under no circumstances, by no means, not at all, negative, never, not really, no thanks, nae, nope, nah, not on your life, no way, no fear, not on your nelly, no siree, naw, nay,
Opposite: yes,

no adverb

• not at all; to no extent.
• "they were no more able to perform the task than I was"
• not.
• "I'll no be a minute"

no noun

• a negative answer or decision, especially in voting.
• "he was unable to change his automatic yes to a no"
Origin: Old English nō, nā (adverb), from ne ‘not’ + ō, ā ‘ever’. The determiner arose in Middle English (originally before words beginning with any consonant except h- ), reduced from non, from Old English nān (see none1).

No. abbreviation

• North.
• number.
• "No. 27"

No symbol

• the chemical element nobelium.

No noun

• variant spelling of Noh.

nobelium noun

• the chemical element of atomic number 102, a radioactive metal of the actinide series. Nobelium does not occur naturally and was first produced by bombarding curium with carbon nuclei.
Origin: 1950s: modern Latin, from the name Nobel, Alfred Bernhard + -ium.

Noh noun

• traditional Japanese masked drama with dance and song, evolved from Shinto rites.
• "a Noh play"
Origin: Japanese.

no can do

• I am unable to do it.

the noes have it

• the negative votes are in the majority.

no longer

• not now as formerly; not any more.
"they no longer live here"

no man

• no person; no one.

no place

• nowhere.

no through road

• an indication that passage along a street is blocked or prohibited.

not take no for an answer

• persist in spite of refusals.

no two ways about it

• used to convey that there can be no doubt about something.
"there's no two ways about it, it's marked us for life"

no way

• under no circumstances; not at all.
"You think she's alone? No way"

or no

• or not.
"she'd have ridden there, winter or no"



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