none

alternative non

1. Not any of a given number or group.

   None of this meat tastes right.

   2 more examples

   None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.

   There were many but now there are none.

   1. No one, nobody.

      None of those people is my father.

   2. No person.

      None of those people are my parents. None shall pass.

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      Alas, none of these people were writing the reviews.

      2006, Clive James, North Face of Soho, page 253

alternative non

1. West Countryarchaic outside ScotlandNot any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h).

   Thou shalt have none other gods but me.

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   the foles toke their lampes, but toke none oyle with them.

   1526, [William Tyndale, transl.], The Newe Testamẽt […] (Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany: Peter Schöffer], →OCLC, Matthew

   None lasses were in the dunces' row. If one had been there people would have looked at her and felt sorry but not boys.

   2008, James Kelman, Kieron Smith, Boy, Penguin, published 2009, page 138

   That evening Elsie had none but strictly official communication with Mrs. Earlforward, who never once removed her mask, nor by any sign invited Elsie to come back within the warm pale of humanity.

   1924, Arnold Bennett, Riceyman Steps, page 222

alternative non

1. not comparableTo no extent, in no way.First known use 11th c.

   I felt none the worse for my recent illness.

   1 more example

   my lack of education hasn't hurt me none

   1973, Paul Simon, “Kodachrome”

2. not comparableNot at all, not very.First known use 13th c.

   We could hear none too well from the back.

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   He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.

3. not comparableobsoleteNo, not.First known use 14th–16th c.

plural nones

1. USA person without religious affiliation.

   Both the religiously dis-identified ("nones") and the religiously committed report mystical experiences.

   2003, Jacob A. Belzen, Antoon Geels, Mysticism: A Variety of Psychological Perspectives, page 50

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   Stable nones, that is, people who report in both years that they have no religious affiliation, are, in fact, much less religious

   2010, Robert D. Putnam, David E Campbell, American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us, page 591

   we have grouped people into nones (no religion), Jews, Catholics, mainline Protestants, and evangelical protestants.

   2013, Michael Corbett, Politics and Religion in the United States

   So the “nones” are those three groups together: atheist, agnostic, nothing in particular. That group has grown from 5 percent of America in 1972 to about 30 percent of America today.

   2026 January 22, Ross Douthat, quoting Ryan Burge, “America’s Very Weird Religious Future”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

plural nones

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

   None of the day, is the third quarter of the day beginning at Noon and lasting till the Sun be gone half way towards setting.

   1656, T. Blount, Glossographia

   1 more example

   The last, which began at the middle of the Afternoon, i.e. at half the Time between Noon and Sun-setting, was called None, because it began at the Ninth Hour.

   1706, L.E. Dupin, “v, 43”, in D. Cotes, transl., A New Ecclesiastical History of the 16th Century, volume II

   Synonyms: midafternoon