About The Word No
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What's The Definition Of No?
[n] a negative; "his no was loud and clear"
[n] the number designating place in an ordered sequence [n] a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known [adv] used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc or especially to emphasize a negative statement; "no, you are wrong" [adv] not in any degree or manner; not at all; "he is no better today" [adv] referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present; "he was no heavier than a child" Synonyms | Synonyms for No: atomic number 102 | no more | nobelium | ordinal | ordinal number Related Terms | Find terms related to No: abnegation | au contraire | Australian ballot | aye | ballot | by no means | canvass | canvassing | casting vote | certainly not | con | contradiction | count me out | counting heads | cumulative voting | deciding vote | declension | declination | declinature | declining | denial | deprivation | disagreement | disallowance | disclaimer | disclamation | disobedience | dissent | division | enfranchisement | fagot vote | far from it | franchise | from scratch | graveyard vote | hand vote | Hare system | holding back | I refuse | I will not | impossible | in no way | include me out | interest | list system | nay | naysaying | negation | negative | negative answer | negative attitude | negativeness | negativism | negativity | nein | nix | no such thing | non | nonacceptance | noncompliance | nonconsent | none | nonobservance | nontransferable vote | not | not a bit | not a jot | not a whit | not at all | not likely | not really | not so | nothing doing | nyet | plebiscite | plebiscitum | plumper | plural vote | poll | polling | preferential voting | pro | proportional representation | proxy | quite the contrary | recantation | record vote | referendum | refusal | rejection | representation | repudiation | retention | right to vote | rising vote | say | secret ballot | show of hands | side | single vote | snap vote | straw vote | suffrage | the affirmative | the negative | thumbs-down | to the contrary | transferable vote | turndown | unwillingness | viva voce | voice | voice vote | vote | voting | voting right | withholding | write-in | write-in vote | yea | yeas and nays | yes See Also | chemical element | element | first | negative | number | number 1 | number one No In Webster's Dictionary \No\, a. [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf. E. a,
an. See {None}.]
Not any; not one; none.
Let there be no strife . . . between me and thee.
--Gen. xiii.
8.
That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream.
--Byron.
Note: In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was
used. ``No man.'' ``Noon apothercary.'' --Chaucer.
\No\, adv. [OE. no, na, AS. n[=a]; ne not + [=a] ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. [root] 193. See {Aye}, and cf. {Nay}, {Not}, {Nice}, {Nefarious}.] 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. \No\, n.; pl. {Noes}. 1. A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial. 2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it. |
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