no
IPA: nˈoʊ
Root Word: No
noun
- A lake in South Sudan
- A county of South Sudan
- A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.
- A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
- (Roman Catholicism) Initialism of Novus Ordo. [(Roman Catholicism) The version of the Roman Rite of the Mass established in 1969, the Mass of Paul VI, usually celebrated in a vernacular language.]
- Alternative form of No.
- Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama. [(uncountable) A kind of classical Japanese musical drama.]
verb
- (intransitive, colloquial) To say “no”.
- (transitive, colloquial) To answer with “no”; to decline, reject.
adjective
- (electronics, of a relay) Initialism of normally open.
adverb
- (with following adjective) Not, not at all.
- Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
- (informal) Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
- (without adjective, now Scotland, informal) Not.
- (archaic) Alternative form of No.
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Examples of "no" in Sentences
- May 18, 2009 at 7:07 am no no……..no water boarding.
- There would be no profanity..no insults...and no interesting reading here.
- I had a man rear end my car..no insurance, no driver's license and no green card!
- In the words of LaBeouf, he should have just said…..no no no no No No No NO NO NO No no.
- I always found the Japanese oriented no offensive pun intended..no seriously Wolverine stories to be some of the best.
- So not only is there _no_ evidence to support the Republicans 'position, there's no real upside to it, unless you're in the oil business or oil services business.
- No brakes, no hands,..no bars and no fork would be even more tuff. a lot of them look like hairy colourful clowns as is, with their Howard the Duck eyeglasses and oversized flat brimmed hats and all.
- DrDon, as you no doubt know, the time it takes current immigrants to learn english is no different than it was at the beginning of the 20th century. and we got all kinds of funny signs in NYC -- ¡no hay problema, chico!
- I'm no fan of public education as it's currently implemented-off the top of my head, Milton Friedman's voucher proposal in Capitalism and Freedom seems infinitely preferrable to how we do things now-but if the choice is what we have now or *no* public education system then I favor what we have now.
- Promoted to Headline (H2) on 3/30/09: The U.S. has 'no moral standing' to criticize Iran: Zunes yahooBuzzArticleHeadline = 'The U.S. has \'no moral standing\' to criticize Iran: Zunes '; yahooBuzzArticleSummary =' Article: An interview with the Middle East analyst and expert, Prof. Stephen Zunes, on the U.S. double standards against Iran\'s nuclear dossier, Palestinians\ 'plight and regional conflicts.'
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