Definition of NONE

none

Plural: nones

Noun

  • A canonical hour in Christianity, observed at the ninth hour of the day.
  • a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise
  • a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
  • A person without religious affiliation.
  • Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour.
  • Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.

Adjective Satellite

  • not any
    • "thou shalt have none other gods before me"

Adverb

  • not at all or in no way
    • "seemed none too pleased with his dinner"
    • "shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in"
    • "none too prosperous"
    • "the passage is none too clear"

Pron

  • Not any of a given number or group.
  • Not any of a given number or group.
  • No one, nobody.
  • Not any of a given number or group.
  • No person.

Det

  • Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h)

Adv

  • To no extent, in no way.
  • Not at all, not very.
  • No, not.

Examples

  • At the hour of none, my opponent played a winning word, leaving me with none left.
  • He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
  • I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
  • None of this meat tastes right.
  • None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.
  • None of those people are my parents. None shall pass.
  • None of those people is my father.
  • Thou shalt have none other gods but me.
  • We could hear none too well from the back.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one. (Regarding the different phonological development of only and one, see the note in one.)
Cognate with Scots nane (“none”), Saterland Frisian naan, neen (“no, not any, none”), West Frisian neen & gjin (“no, none”), Dutch neen & geen (“no, none”), Low German nēn, neen, keen (“no, none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).

Synonyms

midafternoon

Antonyms

all, some

Scrabble Score: 4

none: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
none: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
none: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

none: valid Words With Friends Word