det.
- not any.
- quite the opposite of:
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it was no easy task.
- hardly any.
exclam.
used to give a negative response.
adv.
-
[with comparative]
not at all:
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they were no more able to do it than I was.
- Scottish not.
n.
(pl. noes)
a negative answer or decision, especially in voting.
Phrase
- no can do
informal I am unable to do it. - no go
informal impossible, hopeless, or forbidden. - no longer
not now as formerly. - no place
N. Amer. nowhere. - 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. - no worries
informal, chiefly Austral. all right; fine. - or no
or not.
Etymology
OE nō, nā (adv.), from ne ‘not’ + ō, ā ‘ever’.
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