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none

[nuhn]

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pronoun

no one; not one: None of the members is going.

not any, as of something indicated: None of the pie is left. That is none of your business.

no part; nothing: I'll have none of your backtalk!

(used with a plural verb

) no or not any persons or things: I left three pies on the table and now there are none. None were left when I came.

adverb

to no extent; in no way; not at all: The supply is none too great.

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None is always a great word to know.

So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:

a fool or simpleton; ninny.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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adjective

Archaic. not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h): Thou shalt have none other gods but me.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English non, Old English nān, equivalent to ne not + ān one

Usage note
Since none has the meanings “not one” and “not any,” some insist that it always be treated as a singular and be followed by a singular verb: The rescue party searched for survivors, but none was found. However, none has been used with both singular and plural verbs since the 9th century. When the sense is “not any persons or things” (as in the example above), the plural is more common: … none were found. EXPANDOnly when none is clearly intended to mean “not one” or “not any” is it followed by a singular verb: Of all my articles, none has received more acclaim than my latest one.

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Example Sentences

None of this would have happened without that decision.

On their own, none of these changes seems big enough to prompt a revolution.

None of these transgenic animals have yet entered the market.

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None of this would have happened without that decision.

On their own, none of these changes seems big enough to prompt a revolution.

None of these transgenic animals have yet entered the market.

The brain will find patterns or images where none really exist.

After all, none of the people who saw a man lying on the seafront earlier had noticed his face.

It has none of the chalky texture or strong flavor of other kinds of tofu.

Yet none of the platform vendors was involved in defining these standards.

But none of the diets kept the weight off, and none of the exercise routines stuck.

None of which necessarily means that her allegations are therefore false.

So far, around twenty different species have been sighted on the farm, none of which die after their first sting.

None of this has anything to do with torturing or murdering chimpanzees, or bringing them into captivity from the wild.

None of these advances or the suggestion of future advances has come without controversy.

There are small and large pieces all throughout the garden, but none of the art is arranged in a self-important way.

None of the credit card machines are working here, either.

None of these questions were asked, though the group did ask a lot of questions.

None of this will end the government's agonies, let alone those of the euro.

Other eclipses may be longer, but none will see the sun totally eclipsed for so long.

Pretty sure none of these warming periods are human caused.

Both moons and planets can have tenuous atmospheres, or incredibly thick ones, or none at all.

None of us have time to stand around being chicken-sitters, so the birds don't get out much.

Light graffiti is a great idea: all the art, none of the vandalism.

Those characteristics described none of the nine students in my seminar, or me for that matter.

None of this is to say that non-staff, freelance reporters cannot be excellent journalists.

The team has also looked for direct evidence of glycine but has seen none of its telltale chemistry.

None of these individuals experienced serious medical, neurological, physiological or psychiatric problems.

The second thing to recognize is that none of the three knew one another.

It's good that none of us can actually see the drop until we're out there, on the brink.

None of the list's veterans had heard of him, and what little information could be gleaned was murky and contradictory.

And none of the college officials reported this to be a significant problem.

None of these facts brook disagreement, but here the unity ends.

None of their flourishes was particularly original, and that was the point.

None of these things were recorded and they could have substantially affected the outcome.

None of us are trained entomologists, and many butterflies are never identified.

Great nurserys seem to have almost no or none neutral/negatives.

Unscrew it with a coin and you can replace with a bigger grip, or none at all.

Yet no community college is now exceeding the default limits, and almost none ever have.

When they looked for traces of big predatory dinosaurs, they found none.

But scientists say none of these animals can learn to bark, meow, or growl in a new way.

Six editorial staffers--three men and three women, none of whom had been hypnotized before--were willing to give it a try.

None but the pickiest churl could find a significant omission in this compilation.

But so far none of the other chickens have pecked her, and she's happier being with the flock.

There are only a few of these animals left on the planet and none in the wild.

But none of the cultural students were required to take a statistics course.

None of the distant planets are visible by modern telescopes, however.

None of the relatives reported pain during the five-minute donation procedure, and none experienced any complications afterwards.

They also tested three phony blue diamonds-of which none had the telltale red signature.

None of those safeguards will guarantee market success.

None of the positions described here is on the tenure track.

Cities throughout the world are growing rapidly, but none so rapidly as those in developing regions.

None of the subjects were themselves autistic or had other developmental disorders.

None of the brochures tell you that rocket-lag is a killer.

If you hit the road on two wheels, odds are someday you're gonna hit the pavement on none.

If none of those are options, you could conduct a geographically limited job search.

Up to three total lunar eclipses occur a year, but some years have none.

Not all answers are equally wise, of course, but none can be definitive either.

None of these species are listed as endangered, but no one knows the potential impact from thousands of deaths each year.

None of the fakes were actually deployed in active combat situations.

I've tried three ways of managing a reading list, none of them wholly satisfactory.

Almost none of the new material came from public donation.

So far none of the cells sampled have revealed the telltale glow.

None of the information provided so far will do any such thing.

None of the judges said outright that such a requirement was necessary.

None of those colleagues, according to the report, knew that the data were made up.

None of the signs of the successful prediction from a year and half earlier were present.

They all have deficits in terms of outcome, side effects, and none of them were great.

None of us were particularly good at tennis-or at golf, either, for that matter.

The submissions for our sleep photo contest were all across the board, but none of them made us bored.

She found them aloof and difficult to contact, however, because none of them posted office hours.

But none were tortured and the experiments they underwent were always filled with red tape.

Pentax makes the sensible but dull cameras none of the cool kids want.

Stars within a typical galaxy are so far apart that the chances of two colliding are slim to none.

The denials came in rapid fire, and once the interrogation was well underway it was clear that none of us seemed to have done it.

Problem is, none of these features have really improved.

Rowling's books are none other than the work of the devil herself.

Then he explained why the court would decide none of them.

None of the mini-subs ever saw their mother ships again.

The strobe surrounds the lens giving your subject flat, even illumination with none of the ugly dark shadows.

None of us who worked at the university was allowed to forget that.

Creating forests where none existed may affect long-term hydrology.

I've scoured the blog for any mention, but it seems none of the saga ever made it into a post.

To my knowledge, none of these students have medical or family issues causing these absences.

All of these jellyfish are squishy and boneless, and none of them have brains.

Insomniacs turn to alcohol for relief, but find none.

However, none really seemed to state what the pros and cons may be of either.

Everyone knows exactly how much money is in anyone else's bank account: none.

There will be a dramatic drop off in the number of new holes and after a period of several months few or none will appear.

But, of course, none of those options come with blinking lights.

None of this, though, will do much to make broadband access universal or more affordable.

Curing almost all malaria cases can be worse than curing none.

Other animals may whimper, moan and wail, but none sheds tears of emotion--not even our closest primate cousins.

There was plenty of ancient lore that none of us white boys had any right to know about.

Canadians have long held an egalitarian view toward their universities, generally agreeing that none should be.

None had both the technology and the readiness to kill on so huge a scale.

There they stood and did not know what to do, and none of them dared to go home.

Yet none of these hypotheses explains why the fat deposits are located where they are.

The book also includes techniques for preserving seasonal food so none of your precious crop need go to waste.

None of the campuses would close, but the plan was controversial even before it was announced.

None of these changes will necessarily be easy to achieve.

But none of this matters unless the people inside those city walls are happy.

They want recipes for what they have plenty of in their garden right this minute so none of it goes to waste.

In my case, none of my professors knew about my situation.

But none is really making money, and prospects for doing so are receding.

It matured enough to produce stem cells, but none were.

If the variation is bad, it has a smaller chance of surviving, so it produces less offspring or none at all if it doesn't survive.

Unfortunately there are few other schools in the area which offer my field and none are looking for full-time faculty.

But none of that necessarily makes it either the best choice or the right choice.

Earlier discoveries had been made, but none of the finds were able to withstand scientific scrutiny.

None of them photographed a general's strategy, or the tactics of a platoon.

If none of those names ring your chimes, you're not alone.

But none of the frames match and, as previously stated, my higher degrees are ugly.

For today's currency investor, however, none of the main contestants looks that fetching.

But none of these females had had any contact with a male for more than three years.

None of the papers published in journals without data-sharing policies deposited their full set of raw data online.

Forest biologists say that none of those historic specimens have yet been afflicted by the outbreak that has caused such alarm.

Its marketing department is regarded by industry as second to none.

None of these wartime repellents was particularly effective.

But what strikes me as even odder is that none of us seems to have resented our impecuniousness.

None of the cultural students were required to attend a biological anthropology course.

The data was remarkable for breaking a few records, none of them good ones.

Coalition rockets and gunfire had nearly destroyed the palace grounds, and none of the troops expected to find anything alive.

None of which is even remotely true, it's merely popular.

Even though scientists have been clamoring for a more clear-cut system for years, none is on the horizon.

Thankfully none of them meets more often than once every couple of weeks with a couple meeting only a few times per year.

They have little truck with social democracy and none with socialism.

But none of the others visually resemble an earthly cyclone.

None of the products tested were found to have significant levels of heavy metals or other contaminants.

But none of these are quite so peculiar as the world's largest flying bird, the.

It only partially makes up for the flubbed question, but sometimes partial credit is better than none.

There are also none of those overheads involved in running a physical space.

The trouble with the military approach is that it is extremely expensive and yet addresses none of the underlying problems.

None of those roll quite so trippingly off your tongue as.

None of them are going to be as good as they could be because of this.

But each party proposes different solutions, and none is more divisive than nuclear power.

But none of their models have offered a completely satisfying explanation.

No examples are known, and almost certainly none will be found.

None could find any record that the paper had ever appeared in print.

There are many questions concerning the sustainability of aqua farming, none of which were raised by the author.

None has yet been found, but several new initiatives are underway.

Without the protective blanket of civilization, none of us is far from death.

So, when he came back home he hoped to get some office, but none were given to him.

At present, none of the major evaluation sites for college students let professors talk back.

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Dictionary.com Unabridged

noun

nones¹.

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English; Old English nōn < Latin nōna (hōra) ninth (hour). See noon

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Collins

World English Dictionary

none¹ (nʌn)

—*pron*
1.	not any of a particular class: none of my letters has arrived
2.	no-one; nobody: there was none to tell the tale
3.	no part (of a whole); not any (of): none of it looks edible
4.	none other no other person: none other than the Queen herself
5.	( foll by a comparative adjective ) none the in no degree: she was none the worse for her ordeal
6.	none too not very: he was none too pleased with his car

usage None is a singular pronoun and should be used with a singular form of a verb: none of the students has (not have) a car

none² (nəʊn)

—n
	another word for nones

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Etymonline

Word Origin & History

none

O.E. nan "not one, not any," from ne "not" (see no) + an "one." Cognate with O.S., M.L.G. nen, O.N. neinn, M.Du., Du. neen, O.H.G., Ger. nein "no," and analogous to L. non- (see non-). As an adj., since c.1600 reduced to no except in a few archaic phrases, especially before vowels,

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such as none other, none the worse.

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American Heritage

Idioms & Phrases

none

In addition to the idioms beginning with none, also see all (none) of the above; bar none; not have it (have none of); second to none.