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¹none

pronoun, singular or plural in construction \ˈnən\

Definition of NONE

1

: not any

2

: not one : nobody

3

: not any such thing or person

4

: no part : nothing

Origin of NONE

Middle English, from Old English nān, from ne not + ān one — more at no, one

First Known Use: before 12th century

Rhymes with NONE

bun, done, dun, fen, fun, gun, hon, Hun, jun, maun, nun, one, pun, run, shun, son, stun, sun, sunn, ton, tonne, tun, won

²none

adjective

Definition of NONE

archaic

: not any : no

First Known Use of NONE

before 12th century

Rhymes with NONE

blown, bone, clone, cone, crone, drone, flown, groan, grown, hone, known, loan, lone, moan, Mon, own, phone, pone, prone, Rhône, roan, Saône, scone, sone, stone, throne, tone, zone

³none

adverb

Definition of NONE

1

: by no means : not at all <none too soon to begin>

2

: in no way : to no extent <none the worse for wear>

Examples of NONE

1. <your help comes none too soon>
2. <I'll switch his mug with mine, and he'll be none the wiser.>

First Known Use of NONE

1651

Related to NONE

Synonyms

ill, no, hardly, no way, scarcely

Antonyms

absolutely, certainly, completely, definitely, positively, surely

Related Words

near, never, nothing, nowhere, nowise

Near Antonyms

awful, awfully, enormously, exceedingly (also exceeding), extremely, greatly, highly, hugely, immensely, mightily, mighty, most, quite, terribly, very; assuredly, clearly, hands down, perfectly, plainly, really, truly, unequivocally, unquestionably, utterly; doubtless, more or less, mostly, rather, slightly, somewhat

⁴none

noun, often capitalized \ˈnōn\

Definition of NONE

: the fifth of the canonical hours

Origin of NONE

Late Latin nona, from Latin, 9th hour of the day from sunrise — more at noon

First Known Use: 1845