No
[nəʊ] or [no]
Definition
(noun.) a negative; 'his no was loud and clear'.
(adj.) quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of; 'we have no bananas'; 'no eggs left and no money to buy any'; 'have you no decency?'; 'did it with no help'; 'I'll get you there in no time' .
(adv.) used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement; 'no, you are wrong'.
(adv.) not in any degree or manner; not at all; 'he is no better today'.
(adv.) referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present; 'he was no heavier than a child'.
Typist: Merritt--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Not any; not one; none.
(adv.) Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic.
(n.) A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial.
(n.) A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.
Editor: Tracy
Synonyms and Synonymous
ad. [1]. Nay.[2]. Not at all, in no degree.
a. None, not any.
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Definition
adv. the word of refusal or denial: not at all: never: not so: not.—n. a denial: a vote against or in the negative:—pl. Noes (nōz).—adj. not any: not one: none.—advs. Nō′way in no way manner or degree—also Nō′ways; Nō′wise in no way manner or degree.—No account worthless; No doubt surely; No go (see Go); No joke not a trifling matter.
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Examples
- You will wring no more hearts as you wrung mine. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He thought no more of the matter until he heard in the evening of the tragedy that had occurred. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Miss Havisham sat listening (or it seemed so, for I could not see her face), but still made no answer. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- No, I have nothing to give you instead, he said, sitting up and turning so that he faced her. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- No, indeed, sir,' returned Mrs. Sparsit, with a gentle melancholy upon her. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- His first United States patent, No. 174,465, was granted March 7, 1876, and his second January 30, 1877, No. 186,787. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- No, she said softly, laughing at his sudden quickness. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The Burleigh drill was brought out in 1866, and was covered by patents Nos. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- A saw which planes, as well as severs, is shown in patents to Douglass, Nos. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- In the New York first district the nearest property available was a double building at Nos. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This is covered by Schneider’s patents, Nos. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This is manufactured under the fundamental patents of Dudley, Nos. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The defence alleged the Goebel anticipation, in support of which it offered in evidence four lamps, Nos. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Bell and Sumner Tainter obtained patents Nos. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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