ENGLISH DICTIONARY

None

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /nʌn/ · Part of speech pronoun

Quick meaning: None is a pronoun meaning Not any of a given number or group.

Meaning

Not any of a given number or group.

More Meanings

  1. To no extent, in no way.
  2. Not at all, not very.
  3. Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour.
  4. (archaic outside Scotland, West Country) Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h):
  5. (obsolete) No, not.
  6. (chiefly US) A person without religious affiliation.
  7. (obsolete) Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.

Example Sentences

None of this meat tastes right.
There were many but now there are none.
Thou shalt have none other gods but me.
my lack of education hasn't hurt me none

Word Forms

Synonyms for none

Depending on context, synonyms include midafternoon.

Antonyms for none

Common opposites include some, all.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include non-existent, neither, nobody, nothingness, not, something.

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