none

Definitions

1. pronoun

   Not any of a group.

   Examples

   • None of those is a good example.
   • None of this meat tastes right.
2. pronoun

   No one.

   Examples

   • None of them arrived on time.
   • None of the answers were correct.
3. pronoun

   Not one person.

   Examples

   • None of those people are my parents.
   • None may enter without a ticket.
4. determiner

   In old-fashioned use, not any or no.

   Examples

   • You shall have none other gods before me.
   • They took lamps but took none oil with them.
5. adverb

   Not at all or in no way.

   Examples

   • I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
   • My lack of education has not hurt me none.
6. adverb

   Not at all or not very.

   Examples

   • He was none too pleased with the delays.
   • We could hear none too well from the back.
7. adverb

   In old-fashioned or dialect use, no or not.

   Examples

   • He would none of it.
   • She would none of his excuses.
8. noun

   A person with no religion.

   Examples

   • Many nones say they have no religious group.
   • The survey asked how many nones there were in the town.
9. noun

   In church history, the afternoon prayer service.

   Examples

   • The monks gathered for none in the chapel.
   • Prayers were said at none, in the middle of the afternoon.
10. noun

    In old-fashioned use, the middle of the afternoon.

    Examples

    • None is the part of the day after noon.
    • The last part of the day began at none.
    ≈midafternoon