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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
none1 /nʌn/USA pronunciation   pron. [often: ~ + of]
  1. no one;
    not one:None of the members is going.
  2. not any:That is none of your business.
  3. no part;
    nothing:I'll have none of that.
  4. not any persons or things:[used with a plural verb]There were many and now there are none.

adv. 
  1. none but, only;
    nothing less than:He had none but the best wishes for her.
  2. none the, to no extent;
    not at all:We are none the worse after all we've been through.
  3. none too, not very:We could hear none too well from the back.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
none1  (nun),USA pronunciation pron. 
  1. no one;
    not one:None of the members is going.
  2. not any, as of something indicated:None of the pie is left. That is none of your business.
  3. no part;
    nothing:I'll have none of your backtalk!
  4. (used with a pl. v.) no or not any persons or things:I left three pies on the table and now there are none. None were left when I came.

adv. 
  1. to no extent;
    in no way;
    not at all:The supply is none too great.

adj. 
  1. [Archaic.]not any;
    no (usually used only before a vowel or h):Thou shalt have none other gods but me.
  • Middle English non, Old English nān, equivalent. to ne not + ān one bef. 900
    Since none has the meanings "not one'' and "not any,'' some insist that it always be treated as a singular and be followed by a singular verb:The rescue party searched for survivors, but none was found.However, none has been used with both singular and plural verbs since the 9th century. When the sense is "not any persons or things'' (as in the example above), the plural is more common: … none were found. Only when none is clearly intended to mean "not one'' or "not any'' is it followed by a singular verb:Of all my articles, none has received more acclaim than my latest one.
none2  (nōn),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Religionnones1.
  • Latin nōna (hōra) ninth (hour). See noon
  • 1175–1225; Middle English; Old English nōn

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
none /nʌn/ pron
  1. not any of a particular class: none of my letters has arrived
  2. no-one; nobody: there was none to tell the tale
  3. no part (of a whole); not any (of): none of it looks edible
  4. none other ⇒ no other person: none other than the queen herself
  5. none the ⇒ (followed by a comparative adjective) in no degree: she was none the worse for her ordeal
  6. none too ⇒ not very: he was none too pleased with his car
Etymology: Old English nān, literally: not one
none /nəʊn/ n
  1. another word for nones
'none' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Collocations: none of these [fit, are right], none of them [passed, came, turned up], none of the [members, students, guests, friends], more...

Forum discussions with the word(s) "none" in the title:

—though none admitted to eating a human being or considering it as an option [parallel construction]
…where there are really (none/nothing?)
“None is” in educated speech
(None other/no other/no less/ nothing less) than
~because none of them had pulled off voluntarily.
A bar whom there were none to praise
A bus is a car or a truck, or none of them?
a cheese than which there is none better
a jack of all trades is [a] master of none
a lot of cakes and neither/none of them
a man whose 'courage none can stem'
a none such unsuitable
a or the or none ?
a or the or none...
a yield of pleasure of another sort but none the less...
A/an/ the and none of them
a/the/none
adjective + noun vs none +be+ adjective
all / none the more
All are politically sensitive and none more so than ...
All of my friends can't ... / None of my friends can ...
all of us... yet none
all of vs neither of vs none of - exercise question
All the animals have become restless / None of the animals have been calmer.
all the more for, all the less for, none the less, none the more
All you can eat, and none of it yours
"Almost none" + plural verb
and if none now, perhaps in the future
And none but the men and women had these
and none for me
more...

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