none — English Dictionary

Pronoun

1. Not any of a given number or group.

   Examples

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

   None of this meat tastes right.

   More examples (1)

   There were many but now there are none.

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

   Examples

   None of those people is my father.

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

   Examples

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

   Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.

Determiner

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

   Usage

   • West-Country

   Examples

   Thou shalt have none other gods but me.

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

   More examples (2)

   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. To no extent, in no way.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   I felt none the worse for my recent illness.

   my lack of education hasn't hurt me none

2. Not at all, not very.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   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. No, not.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • Obsolete

Noun

1. A person without religious affiliation.

   Usage

   • US usage

   Examples

   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

   More examples (2)

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

   Usage

   • Obsolete

   Examples

   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.

Adjective

1. not any; entity, negative pronoun

   Examples

   thou shalt have none other gods before me

Noun

1. a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise

   Broader terms

   hourtime of day

2. a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier

   Broader terms

   servicereligious servicedivine service

Adverb

1. not at all or in no way

   Examples

   seemed none too pleased with his dinner

   shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in

   More examples (2)

   none too prosperous

   the passage is none too clear