Etymology : Middle English, from Old English nAn, from ne not + An one; more at NO, ONE
Pronunciation : n&n
Function : pronoun, singular or plural in
Date : before 12th century
1. adin no way; not at all. prono person; not at all; nothing. none\none\ , a. & pron. [oe. none, non, nan, no, na, as. nān, fr. ne not + ān one. . see:
no, a. & adv., one, and cf. non-, null, a.].
2. no one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any. there is none that doeth good; no, not one. xiv.
3. six days ye shall gather it, but on the seventh day, which is the sabbath, in it there shall be none. xvi.
4. terms of peace yet none vouchsafed or sought. none of their productions are extant.
5. no; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.none of, not at all; not; nothing of; -- used emphatically. "they knew that i was none of the register that entered their admissions in the universities.".
6. No one; not one; not anything; frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.
7. No; not any; used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.
8. Same as Nones, 2. a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM but now somewhat earlier a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise not any; "thou shalt have none other gods before me" not at all or in no way; "seemed none too pleased with his dinner"; "shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in"; "none too prosperous"; "the passage is none too clear".
9. 1. None of something means not even a small amount of it. None of a group of people or things means not even one of them. She did none of the maintenance on the vehicle itself None of us knew how to treat her. None is also a pronoun. I turned to bookshops and libraries seeking information and found none No one could imagine a great woman painter. None had existed yet Only two cars produced by Austin-Morris could reach 100 mph and none could pass the 10-second acceleration test.
10. If you say that someone will have none of something, or is having none of something, you mean that they refuse to accept it. He knew his own mind and was having none of their attempts to keep him at home.
11. emphasis You use none too in front of an adjective or adverb in order to emphasize that the quality mentioned is not present. He was none too thrilled to hear from me at that hour Her hand grasped my shoulder, none too gently.
12. You use none the to say that someone or something does not have any more of a particular quality than they did before. You could end up committed to yet another savings scheme and none the wiser about managing your finances He became convinced that his illness was purely imaginary: that made it none the better. = no.
13. none of your business: see:
business none other than: see other second to none: see second.