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1  [noh] adverb, adjective, noun, plural noes, nos, verb
Use Noes in a Sentence
–adverb
1. (a negative used to express dissent, denial, or refusal, as in response to a question or request)
2. (used to emphasize or introduce a negative statement): Not a single person came to the party, no, not a one.
3. not in any degree or manner; not at all (used with a comparative): He is no better.
4. not a (used before an adjective to convey the opposite of the adjective's meaning): His recovery was no small miracle.
–adjective
5. not a (used before a noun to convey the opposite of the noun's meaning): She's no beginner on the ski slopes.
–noun
6. an utterance of the word “no.”
7. a denial or refusal: He responded with a definite no.
8. a negative vote or voter: The noes have it.
–verb (used with object)
9. to reject, refuse approval, or express disapproval of.
–verb (used without object)
10. to express disapproval.
—Idiom
11. no can do, Informal. it can't be done.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE nā, equiv. to ne not + ā ever (see ay 1 )

No⋅e

  [noh-uh]
–noun Douay Bible.
Noah (def. 1).
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no 1   (nō)   
adv.  

  1. Used to express refusal, denial, disbelief, emphasis, or disagreement: No, I'm not going. No, you're wrong.

  2. Not at all; not by any degree. Often used with the comparative: no better; no more.

  3. Not: whether or no.

n.   pl. noes (nōz)

  1. A negative response; a denial or refusal: The proposal produced only noes.

  2. A negative vote or voter.

interj.  Used to express strong refusal, doubt, or disbelief.

[Middle English, from Old English nā : ne, not; see ne in Indo-European roots + ā, ever; see aiw- in Indo-European roots.]
noes   (nōz)   
n.  Plural of no1.
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Word Origin & History

no 
"negative reply," c.1225, from O.E. na (adv.) "never, no," from ne "not, no" + a "ever," from P.Gmc. *ne (cf. O.N., O.Fris., O.H.G. ne, Goth. ni "not"), from PIE base *ne- "no, not" (see un-). Second element from PIE *aiw- "vital force, life, long life, eternity" (see aye (2)). As an adj. meaning "not any" (c.1200) it is reduced from O.E. nan (see none), the final -n omitted first before consonants and then altogether. No-no (n.) first attested 1942. No problem as an interjection of assurance, first attested 1963. Phrase no can do "it is not possible" is attested from 1914.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: No
Function: symbol
nobelium
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Medical Dictionary

No 2

The symbol for the element nobelium.

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