Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb Used to express refusal, denial, disbelief, emphasis, or disagreement.
- adverb Not at all; not by any degree. Often used with the comparative.
- adverb Not.
- adverb Informal Used to indicate agreement with a preceding statement, especially when followed by a stronger judgment supporting that statement.
- noun A negative response; a denial or refusal.
- noun A negative vote or voter.
- interjection Used to express strong refusal, doubt, or disbelief.
- adjective Not any; not one; not a.
- adjective Not at all; not close to being.
- adjective Hardly any.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not any; not one; none.
- No is used, like
not in similar constructions, with a word of depreciation or diminution, to denote a certain degree of excellence, small or great according to circumstances. - Nor.
- An abbreviation of
not otherwise provided for . - Not ever; never; not at all; not.
- Not so; nay; not: with implied, but not expressed, repetition of a preceding (or succeeding) statement denied or question answered in the negative, with change of person if necessary.
- In answer to a request (expressed or anticipated): in this use often repeated for emphasis: as, no, no, do not ask me.
- Used parenthetically in iteration of another negative.
- Used continuatively, in iteration and amplification of a previous negative, expressed or understood.
- Not: used after
or , at the end of a sentence or clause, as the representative of an independent negative sentence or clause, the first clause being often introduced by whether or if: as, he is uncertain whether to accept it or no; he may take it or no, as he pleases. - See
no . adverb - noun A denial; the word of denial.
- noun A negative vote, or a person who votes in the negative: as, the noes have it.
- Not in any degree; not at all; in no respect; not: used with a comparative: as, no longer: no shorter; no more; wo less.
- An abbreviation of the Latin numero, ablative of numerus, number: used for English number, and so as a plural Nos.: as, No. 2, and Nos, 9 and 10.
- noun In Japan, a sort of dignified operatic performance consisting of music and dancing, with recitation. The carved masks worn by the performers indicate the characters portrayed.
- noun An abbreviation
- noun of northern
- noun In chem., the symbol for noriurn.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative,
no is emphatic. - adjective Not any; not one; none; ; -- often used as a quantifier.
- noun A refusal by use of the word
no ; a denial. - noun A negative vote; one who votes in the negative
- noun abbreviated Number; -- the number designating place in an ordered sequence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Not . - adverb Not any, not at all.
- preposition Used to show disagreement or negation.
- preposition Used to show agreement with a negative question.
- noun A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement or disapproval.
- noun A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
- determiner Not any.
- determiner Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something).
- determiner Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present
- adjective quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of
- adverb used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement
- adverb not in any degree or manner; not at all
- noun a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
- noun a negative
- noun the number designating place in an ordered sequence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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In the words of LaBeouf, he should have just said…..no no no no No No No NO NO NO No no.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Laboooooof admits Transformers 2 and Indy 4 sucked 2010
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I had a man rear end my car..no insurance, no driver's license and no green card!
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I always found the Japanese oriented no offensive pun intended..no seriously Wolverine stories to be some of the best.
Wolverine Sequel in the Works | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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I'm no fan of public education as it's currently implemented-off the top of my head, Milton Friedman's voucher proposal in Capitalism and Freedom seems infinitely preferrable to how we do things now-but if the choice is what we have now or *no* public education system then I favor what we have now.
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No brakes, no hands,..no bars and no fork would be even more tuff. a lot of them look like hairy colourful clowns as is, with their Howard the Duck eyeglasses and oversized flat brimmed hats and all.
Turning It Out: The Bicycle Mating Rituals of Spring BikeSnobNYC 2009
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Promoted to Headline (H2) on 3/30/09: The U.S. has 'no moral standing' to criticize Iran: Zunes yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The U.S. has \'no moral standing\' to criticize Iran: Zunes '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: An interview with the Middle East analyst and expert, Prof. Stephen Zunes, on the U.S. double standards against Iran\'s nuclear dossier, Palestinians\ 'plight and regional conflicts.'
The U.S. has 'no moral standing' to criticize Iran: Zunes 2009
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May 18, 2009 at 7:07 am no no……..no water boarding.
It was horrible - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2009
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DrDon, as you no doubt know, the time it takes current immigrants to learn english is no different than it was at the beginning of the 20th century. and we got all kinds of funny signs in NYC -- ¡no hay problema, chico!
Huckabee: I'm Against Illegal Immigration, But I'm Not A Lunatic About It 2009
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There would be no profanity..no insults...and no interesting reading here.
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So not only is there _no_ evidence to support the Republicans 'position, there's no real upside to it, unless you're in the oil business or oil services business.
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Once you’re safely elsewhere, however, you’ll never hear from them again – the American no.
The American No by Rupert Everett review – truthful, witty, wise and stoical Rachel Cooke 2024
muamor commented on the word no
'no' means well as in: Well, what do you mean then?
June 27, 2007
uselessness commented on the word no
What kind of negative place do you live in? :-)
June 27, 2007
muamor commented on the word no
Finland. Shoo, negativity, shoo. *waving her hands frantically*
June 27, 2007
slumry commented on the word no
Shoo as in scram?
June 27, 2007
muamor commented on the word no
Same thing as far as I'm concerned. But remember, I'm a tourist. ;o}
June 28, 2007
slumry commented on the word no
That is what shoo means here, too--my father used to shoo the barn cats regularly.
June 28, 2007
oroboros commented on the word no
No. Chemical element symbol for Nobelium.
December 16, 2007
oroboros commented on the word no
Like some baseball caps: on backwards. NYT crossword answer.
March 26, 2008
sakhalinskii commented on the word no
Means no. It does not mean yes, or maybe.
July 30, 2008