none

1. 1

   Not any of a given number or group.

   • None of those is a good example. None are even acceptable.
   • None of this meat tastes right.
2. 2

   Not any of a given number or group.; No one, nobody.

   • None of those people is my father.
3. 3

   Not any of a given number or group.; No person.

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

ant. some · all

1. 1

   Not any; no (usually used only before a vowel or h).West-Country

   • Thou shalt have none other gods but me.

1. 1

   To no extent, in no way.not-comparable

   • I felt none the worse for my recent illness.
2. 2

   Not at all, not very.not-comparable

   • He was none too pleased with the delays in the program that was supposed to be his legacy.
   • We could hear none too well from the back.
3. 3

   No, not.not-comparableobsolete

1. 1

   A person without religious affiliation.US

   • Both the religiously dis-identified ("nones") and the religiously committed report mystical experiences.
   • Stable nones, that is, people who report in both years that they have no religious affiliation, are, in fact, much less religious

1. 1

   Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour.alt-ofalternative

2. 2

   Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.obsolete

   • 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.
   • 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.