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none

[ nuhn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

pronoun

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.

adjective

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

none

[ nohn ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

nones ¹.

none

/ nʌn /

pronoun

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

none

/ nəʊn /

noun

See nones
another word for nones

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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

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Grammar 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. Only 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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Word History and Origins

Origin of none¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English non, Old English nān, equivalent to ne “not” + ān “one”; one

Origin of none²

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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of none¹

Old English nān, literally: not one

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Idioms and Phrases

all (none) of the above
bar none
not have it (have none of)
second to none

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Example Sentences

None of these, though, has inspired quite the same backlash as fluoride.

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The advisers, led by Suleimani, included none other than Taghavi.

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I actually downloaded the app last summer and was embarrassed because none of my friends seemed to use it.

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For my friend, a small minority of JSwipe matches materialized into conversations, and none have materialized into dates.

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It was a Senate floor soap opera over none other than a soap-opera producer.

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None other would dare to show herself unveiled to a stranger, and a white man at that.

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Various impulses urged him into a pouring flood of words; yet he gave expression to none of them.

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It being offensive to the French, they took none of it with them on their return.

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He reached down inside my shirt, with a none too gentle hand, and relieved me of the belt that held the money.

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This tiny person spent little or none of his time in the tree-tops, but chose to stay near the ground.

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