none

Meaning

Pron

1. Not any of a given number or group.
2. Not any of a given number or group.
3. Not any of a given number or group.

Det

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

Adv

1. To no extent, in no way.
2. Not at all, not very.
3. (obsolete) No, not.

Noun

A person without religious affiliation.

Noun

1. Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour.
2. (obsolete) Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/nʌn/

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 (“none, no one”), German nein & kein (“no, none”), Latin nōn (“not”).

Sentences

And yet , none of these people has ever met the old king .