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Not any; not one; none.

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  1. a. Not any; not one; none.
  2. adv. Nay; not; not at all; not in any word/respect">respect or word/degree">degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic.
  3. n. A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial.
  4. n. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.
  5. n. a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
  6. adj. (quantifier) used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of
  7. n. a negative
  8. adv. referring to the degree to which a certain quality is present
  9. adv. not in any degree or manner; not at all
  10. adv. used to express refusal or denial or disagreement etc. or especially to emphasize a negative statement
  11. Not any; not one; none. Let there be no strife ... between me and thee. Gen. xiii. 8. That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream. Byron. Note: In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. "No man." "Noon apothercary." Chaucer. Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; -- a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic. We do no otherwise than we are willed. Shak. I am perplx'd and doubtful whether or no I dare accept this your congratulation. Coleridge. There is none righteous, no, not one. Rom. iii. 10. No! Nay, Heaven forbid. Coleridge. 1. A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial. 2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as, to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.
  12. Not any; not one; none.Let there be no strife ... between me and thee. Gen. xiii. 8.That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream. Byron.