none

pronoun

1. 1

   Not any of a given number or group.

   None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.

   None of this meat tastes right.

   There were many but now there are none.

2. 2

   Not any of a given number or group. No one, nobody.

   None of those people is my father.

3. 3

   Not any of a given number or group. No person.

   None of those people are my parents. None shall pass.

   Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.

determiner

1. 1

   Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h).

   Thou shalt have none other gods but me.

   the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.

   None lasses were in the dunces' row. If one had been there people would have looked at her and felt sorry but not boys.

   That evening Elsie had none but strictly official communication with Mrs. Earlforward, who never once removed her mask, nor by any sign invited Elsie to come back within the warm pale of humanity.

adverb

1. 1

   To no extent, in no way.

   I felt none the worse for my recent illness.

   my lack of education hasn't hurt me none

2. 2

   Not at all, not very.

   He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.

   We could hear none too well from the back.

3. 3

   obsoleteNo, not.

noun

1. 1

   A person without religious affiliation.

   Both the religiously dis-identified ("nones") and the religiously committed report mystical experiences.

   Stable nones, that is, people who report in both years that they have no religious affiliation, are, in fact, much less religious

   we have grouped people into nones (no religion), Jews, Catholics, mainline Protestants, and evangelical protestants.

   So the “nones” are those three groups together: atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular. That group has grown from 5 percent of America in 1972 to about 30 percent of America today.

noun

1. 1

   obsoleteSynonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.

   None of the day, is the third quarter of the day beginning at Noon and lasting till the Sun be gone half way towards setting.

   The last, which began at the middle of the Afternoon, i.e. at half the Time between Noon and Sun-setting, was called None, because it began at the Ninth Hour.

2. 2

   Variant of nonesAlternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour.

Forms

plural

nones