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pronoun / adverb

none

NUN/nʌn/

Not any at all.

The carton has six compartments, but none contains an egg.

An empty egg carton with all six compartments bare.
Etymology
nOld Englishnot
+oneOld Englishone

Literally “not one,” none denies even a single member of the group in question. That same combination already meant “not any” or “no person” in Old English.

In context

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There was no wireless call. Though she was fitted to send one, and every operator along the coast was later asked, and none had heard a whisper.
The Sinister Fate of the USS Cyclops: 309 Men Who Vanished Without a Single Trace

More examples

  • We wanted strawberries, but none were left.
  • He was none too pleased about the delay.
  • Of all the answers, none was correct.

Forms

none

Similar words

nobody
Refers only to people; none can refer to things.
nothing
Can stand for no thing; none refers back to a set or quantity.