no

  • determiner 1 not any. 2 quite the opposite of. 3 hardly any.

  • exclamation used to give a negative response.

  • adverb 1 with comparative not at all. 2 Scottish not.

  • noun (pl. noes) a negative answer or decision, especially in voting.

  — PHRASES no longer not now as formerly. no through road a street where passage is blocked or prohibited. not take no for an answer persist in spite of refusals. no two ways about it no possible doubt about something. no way informal under no circumstances; not at all. or no or not.

  — ORIGIN Old English.

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