word-vault/dist/data/cards/no/none.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "none",
    "partOfSpeech": "pronoun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not one of a group of people or things; not any",
            "sensetop": "none (of somebody/something)",
            "labels": "(formal)British English",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "None of these pens works/work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have three sons but none of them lives/live nearby."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We saw several houses but none we really liked."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tickets for Friday? Sorry we've got none left."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He told me all the news but none of it was very exciting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Is there any more milk?’ ‘No, **none at all**.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everybody liked him but none *(= nobody)* more than I."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to refuse to accept something",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I offered to pay but he was having none of it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They pretended to be enthusiastic about my work but then suddenly decided they wanted none of it."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "only",
            "labels": "(literary)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "None but he knew the truth."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "despite this fact",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to emphasize who or what somebody/something is, when this is surprising",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Her first customer was none other than Mrs Obama."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nʌn/",
                "audio": "no/none/none__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nʌn/",
                "audio": "no/none/none__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English nān, from ne ‘not’ + ān ‘one’, of Germanic origin; compare with German nein ‘no!’."
}