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Definition of "none" []

  • No one; not one; nobody: None dared to do it. (pronoun)
  • Not any: None of my classmates survived the war. (pronoun)
  • No part; not any: none of your business. (pronoun)
  • Not at all: He is none too ill. (adverb)
  • In no way: The jeans looked none the better for having been washed. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "none" in a sentence
  • "Do we really need more then eleven thousand point of view on the stupid act of an upset man — none, *none* who witnessed it, nor talked to the involved parties?"
  • "For if the options are irreducible causation or none, one should ask whether ˜none™ might be the better choice."
  • "III. i.7 (62,9) [I do lose a thing, That none but fools would keep] [W: would reck] The meaning seems plainly this, that _none but fools would_ wish _to keep life_; or, _none but fools would keep_ it, if choice were allowed."