None Definition
nŭn
pronoun
Not one.
None of the books is interesting.
Webster's New World
No one; not anyone.
None of us is ready.
Webster's New World
Not any.
None of my classmates survived the war.
American Heritage
No persons or things; not any.
Many letters were received but none were answered.
Webster's New World
Not any (of); no part; nothing.
I want none of it, none of the money is left.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
adverb
Not at all.
He is none too ill.
American Heritage
In no way; not at all.
None the worse for wear, none the wiser.
Webster's New World
To no extent, in no way. [from 11th c.]
I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
Wiktionary
Not at all. [from 13th c.]
Now don't you worry none.
Wiktionary
adjective
Not any.
Of none effect.
Webster's New World
noun
The fifth of the canonical hours; midafternoon prayer.
Webster's New World
A person without religious affiliation.
Wiktionary
determiner
(now archaic except Scotland) Not any; no.
Wiktionary
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to None
Origin of None
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From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one"), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none"), from ne (“not") + ān (“one"). Cognate with Scots nane (“none"), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none"), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none"), Low German nÄ“n, neen (“none, no one"), German nein & kein (“no, none"), Latin nōn (“not").
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English nān ne no, not ne in Indo-European roots ān one oi-no- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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