none - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'none' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . None

[ a.]

- No one; not one; not anything; -- frequently used also partitively, or as a plural, not any.
- No; not any; -- used adjectively before a vowel, in old style; as, thou shalt have none assurance of thy life.

2 . None

[ n.]

- Same as Nones, 2.

Meaning of 'none' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . none

[ r]

Meaning (1):
- not at all or in no way

Example in sentence:

none too prosperous;
seemed none too pleased with his dinner;
shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in;
the passage is none too clear

2 . none

[ s]

Meaning (2):
- not any

Example in sentence:

thou shalt have none other gods before me

Nearby Words:

non non assumpsit non compos non compos mentis non est factum non est inventus non liquet non obstante non pros. non prosequitur

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All-or-none principle
All-or-none principle used in physiological psychology to describe the way a nerve responds to stimulation. Either the stimulus is inadequate and the nerve

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