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Entry 5 senses · 4 variants Webster, 1913

No

/(nō)/ · IPA /noʊ/
01 a. Not any; not one; none; as, yes, we have no bananas; -- often used as a quantifier.
  1. 1.
    Not any; not one; none; as, yes, we have no bananas; -- often used as a quantifier.
    “Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee.” — Gen. xiii. 8.
    “That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream.” — Byron.
02 adv. Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no…
  1. 1.
    Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic.
    “We do no otherwise than we are willed.” — Shak.
    “I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no I dare accept this your congratulation.” — Coleridge.
    “There is none righteous, no, not one.” — Rom. iii. 10.
    “No! Nay, Heaven forbid.” — Coleridge.
03 n. A refusal by use of the word no; a denial.
pl. Noes ((nōz))
  1. 1.
    A refusal by use of the word no; a denial.
  2. 2.
    A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.
04 n. Number; -- the number designating place in an ordered sequence; as, no. 2.
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    Number; -- the number designating place in an ordered sequence; as, no. 2.[abbrev.]