Definition for None

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

  1. Nothing; not any such thing; [ellipsis of something previously mentioned.]
  2. Ordinary; of no significance.
  3. Nonexistent; deficient; insufficient; lacking; missing; wanting.
  4. Nothing.
  5. No one; no person; not anybody; not any one of a group.
  6. Phrase. “None of”: not at all; not in the least.
  7. Phrase. “None but”: only; just; none other than.

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