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no ()

adverb

  1. not whether or no
  2. not in any degree; not at all no worse
  3. nay; not so: the opposite of yes, used to deny, refuse, or disagree

Etymology: ME < OE na < ne a, lit., not ever < IE base *ne, nē, negative particle > Sans , Gr ne-, L ne-, Goth & OHG ni, OIr no

interjection

  1. it is not so; nay: the opposite of yes
  2. it cannot be so: used to express surprise, disbelief, dismay, etc.
  3. emphatically not: used to give force to a following negative statement or to introduce a fuller or more specific statement

adjective

not any; not a; not one no errors

Etymology: ME, form of non, none (see none) used only before a consonant < OE nan < ne an, lit., not one (see one)

noun pl. noes or nos

  1. an utterance of no; refusal or denial
  2. a negative vote, or a person voting in the negative; nay
no2 definition

no ()

noun pl. no

no3 definition

no

  1. north
  2. northern
  3. Etymology: L numero

    number
No definition

No

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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