Definition for None

none, pron. [OE nán, not one.] (webplay: all, any, least, no, not, nothing, one, other, part).

  1. No one; not any one of a group of persons of things.
  2. [Elliptically] not any such person or thing as previously or subsequently mentioned.
  3. Nothing.
  4. Nonexistent.
  5. [Fig.] ordinary; of no significance.
  6. Phrase. “None of”: not at all; not in the least.

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