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none pronoun [ nʌn ]

• not any.
• "none of you want to work"
Similar: not one, not a one, no part, not a part, not a bit, not any,
Opposite: all, many, some,

none adverb

• by no amount; not at all.
• "it is made none the easier by the differences in approach"
Similar: not at all, not a bit, not the slightest bit, in no way, to no extent, by no means any, not for a moment,
Opposite: much,
Origin: Old English nān, from ne ‘not’ + ān ‘one’, of Germanic origin; compare with German nein ‘no!’.

none noun

• a service forming part of the Divine Office of the Western Christian Church, traditionally said (or chanted) at the ninth hour of the day (3 p.m.).
Origin: mid 19th century: from French, from Latin nona, feminine singular of nonus ‘ninth’. Compare with noon.

none other than

• used to emphasize the surprising identity of a person or thing.
"her first customer was none other than Henry du Pont"

will have none of something

• refuse to accept a particular thing, especially a person's behaviour.
"I will have none of it"



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