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determinernəʊnoʊ 1Not any. - 1.1 Used to indicate that something is quite the opposite of what is being specified.
it was no easy task persuading her - 1.2 Hardly any.
you'll be back in no time - 1.3 Used in notices or slogans forbidding or rejecting something specified.
exclamation nəʊnoʊ 1Used to give a negative response. ‘Is anything wrong?’ ‘No.’ Synonyms no indeed, absolutely not, most certainly not, of course not, under no circumstances, by no means, not at all, negative, never, not really, no thanks Scottish nae informal nope, nah, not on your life, no way British informal no fear, not on your nelly North American informal no siree Scottish, Northern English, & North American informal naw archaic nay - 1.1 Expressing disagreement or contradiction.
‘This is boring.’ ‘No, it's not!’ - 1.2 Expressing agreement with or affirmation of a negative statement.
they would never cause a fuss, oh no - 1.3 Expressing shock or disappointment.
adverb nəʊnoʊ 1with comparative Not at all; to no extent. they were no more able to perform the task than I was
nounPlural noes nəʊnoʊ A negative answer or decision, especially in voting. he was unable to change his automatic yes to a no Example sentencesExamples - For, among many other things, the French and Dutch votes were also noes to the consequences of enlargement and to the prospect of further enlargements.
- Perhaps the editor feels that as a leading member of the ‘traditional left’ on Labour's national Executive, the critique of his string of noes runs a little close to home?
- Since then, we've been arguing - sometimes bitterly - about the church's yeses and the noes to modernity and the liberal heritage.
- Super-optimists suggest that, perhaps with some changes and reassurance from European leaders, the noes might be turned into yeses, like water into wine.
- The French noes and the British noes are the most incompatible of all.
- ‘Yes’ may be easier on them in the short term, but a few more noes are far more effective in the long term.
- At the time of writing the score was four yeses (US, UK, Spain and Bulgaria) to five noes (France, Russia, China, Germany and Syria) with six doubtful.
- If one goes to the application book, volume 1, page 23, line 30, it can be seen that it is recorded that the result of the division, this is on the second reading: ayes 14 and noes 13.
Synonyms rejection, refusal, veto, no, negation, rebuff, disapproval, turning down, turndown, non-acceptance, declining, dismissal, spurning, cold shoulder, cold-shouldering, snub, snubbing
Phrases informal I am unable to do it. Example sentencesExamples - I've tried to compromise with him, but no can do, he loves his mommy too much.
- Soon I have a crowd forming, and people jumping onto the other set of pads to try to beat me… but no can do, I am invincible!
- Sorry, no can do, they're contaminated with asbestos.
- Oh, no can do, sweetheart, I'm booked up until - let's see - next Tuesday.
- Ooh, Thursday, no can do, mom's home tonight and Bruce is making dinner.
- ‘Sorry missy, no can do, go home,’ he said pointing at the elevator.
- Sorry, but no can do, you've seen us, it's not safe for either of us to part company.
- ‘He told me to let go, and I said, ‘Sorry, kid, no can do.’
- ‘Hmm… tempting, very tempting,’ Pearl mocked, ‘but no can do.’
- ‘Sorry, no can do,’ I laughed cheerfully, grabbing his arm and pulling him to his feet before he had a chance to protest.
The negative votes are in the majority. Example sentencesExamples - The noes have it and the amendment is lost.
- The Chair must state whether the ayes or the noes have it and, if a member challenges the Chair's opinion, the question must be decided by a division.
- If the noes have it, then that is what most expect.
- Add me to the mix, and the noes have it.
Not now as formerly; not any more. Example sentencesExamples - Thank goodness that we live in an age when we no longer have to suffer unnecessarily.
- After all, they are the ones who have forgotten that we no longer live by the law of the jungle.
- He also raised the question of what would happen when it was no longer needed by the family.
- Depending on who buys it, it could mean the public no longer has access to the house.
- Sorry to have to let you know that Steve is no longer living with us and I am now a single mum.
- We all know how annoying it can be to receive post for people who no longer live at our address.
- First, the working class and the oppressed can no longer go on living in the old way.
- Next time you feel a little peckish try water first you may find that you are no longer hungry.
- She can no longer live on her own, and has been forced to live in a residential care home.
- He said the situation had become so bad that he could no longer find anyone else to work in the shop.
Example sentencesExamples - All you need is the will to blindly tread where no man has stooped before.
- No inanimate object is safe from their affections; no man is safe from their put-downs.
- Organic farming may not be all the solution - no man of complete sense, I believe, ever argued that it is.
- They say no man is a hero to his valet, and now we've all become valets.
- It is a double that is 40 years old this year and which no man before or since has come close to matching.
- Obviously, he's hiding in the Spurs trophy room, a desperately barren place where no man ever goes.
- Now it seems pretty sure that no man alive in Wales, and very few in the UK, can rival his longevity.
- The destruction of New Orleans was caused by a natural catastrophe over which no man had control.
- Personally I was upset about it; no man should have legs as nice as that!
- It had the look of somewhere that no man has stood for many years.
Synonyms nobody, not a soul, not anyone, not a person, not a single person, never a one, no man, none
Example sentencesExamples - He added that had any of the women he approached agreed to be photographed he had no place in mind to take them.
- I had no connection to anything and it felt as though there was no place for me to fit.
- With plenty to do off the mountains, there is definitely no place like home.
- She knew she was caught and there was no place to go but she was not going to go quietly.
- There would be no place for those who say they want their British heritage.
- They can see that in a few weeks down the road, they may have no place to bury their dead.
- At night, especially, you feel that no place on earth is so completely of its time.
- Sidewalk vendors who have no place to sell lunches and snacks have nowhere to turn.
- We must buy or rent land and the building that sits upon it, or we have no place we can go.
- There is no place that would be or should be immune from its influence and control.
An indication that passage along a street is blocked or prohibited. Example sentencesExamples - There is no through road hereabouts and with minimal farming machinery to damage the well-maintained track the two mile climb up and along valley side was a smooth and head-up pleasure.
- This is a village with a pub, but no through road - and no church.
- Several signs along the road warning of the danger of erosion and indicating that there was no through road were also so inadequate that they were illegal, the Hull inquest heard yesterday.
- Just before a sign: ‘Private No Entry’, take a path on the left, by a red waymarker: this comes after a sign indicating that there is no through road and no turning point.
not take no for an answer Persist in spite of refusals. Example sentencesExamples - Fill in a claim form ASAP and, if you believe your claim is genuine and falls within the terms of your policy, don't take no for an answer.
- And if he doesn't take no for an answer, come and tell me.
- I tell him all the time that I don't, but he doesn't take no for an answer.
- I don't think that is going to be possible, she is so full of energy and doesn't take no for an answer.
- She didn't take no for an answer and insubordination was not tolerated.
- Their tactics aren't always nice - they agitate, they don't take no for an answer and sometimes they are confrontational.
- Mac simply doesn't take no for an answer and if anyone is looking for a debt-collector, he's your man!
- After two weeks of seeing her like this he had finally demanded she go see a doctor and he didn't take no for an answer.
- Which I did, but he smiled at me and said that he didn't take no for an answer, literally dragging me out onto the dance floor.
- Their boss (like most bosses) doesn't take no for an answer and is adamant they get the client or face being sacked.
Used to convey that there can be no doubt about something. there's no two ways about it, it's marked us for life Example sentencesExamples - There's just no two ways about it - people who read Marcel Proust and Bertrand Russell instead of Entertainment Weekly actually do learn stuff…
- There are no two ways about it, you are there, or you are not.
- But without my helmet I would be dead, there's no two ways about it.
- She added: ‘It's been chaotic, there's no two ways about it.’
- At the moment it's a bit of a mourning process but he will definitely bounce back, no two ways about it.
- One cleric told researchers: ‘There is no two ways about it, it has been very demoralising.’
- There's no two ways about it, he wouldn't be here now if Lisa hadn't done what she did.
- ‘There is no two ways about it, people view being able to access services seven days a week now as the norm and we believe that if we are going to do this, let's do it right,’ she said.
- I have been happy with the way things have started and there is no two ways about it - I want to end the season as the best bowler in the league.
- Soon after marriage, she realised that decisions regarding the area of interest for a woman ought to be made by herself and that there could be no two ways about it.
informal Under no circumstances; not at all. You think she's alone? No way Example sentencesExamples - You can't be serious… no way… did you get me a car?
- Oh, no way. Who would fake being pregnant?
informal All right; fine. Example sentencesExamples - But, no worries, the Europeans can continue to live with the current system that suits them so well.
- It's been a pretty mild winter so far generally speaking, so no worries, I like snow anyway.
- Kev said no worries, he'd be able to borrow one off our pal Little John.
- You can have something to eat, a couple of beers, no worries.
- Oh well, that will soon pass, and it did so no worries there.
- We can knock down a wall, tile a bathroom, strip a door, build a deck - no worries.
- American citizens with criminal records need to apply for a special permit, but no worries.
- In about two weeks I'll be back into again anyway, so no worries I guess, but kind of amusing all the same.
- It's fine, I am not going therein anyway, no worries I haven't seen hide nor hair of him.
- We would have said cool, no worries, we'll keep living at our other place.
she'd have ridden there, winter or no Example sentencesExamples - But lest I be accused of favoring nuclear war, please take note that the consequences of nuclear war would be horrendous, nuclear winter or no.
- 1.1Regardless of the specified thing.
recession or no recession there is always going to be a shortage of good people Example sentencesExamples - Never ever from that day to this has anyone else looked after a child of mine when they were sick, new job or no new job.
- Job or no job, life is just plain difficult in rural Kansas and Oklahoma..rural anywhere.
Origin Old English nō, nā (adverb), from ne 'not' + ō, ā 'ever'. The determiner arose in Middle English (originally before words beginning with any consonant except h-), reduced from non, from Old English nān (see none1). Rhymes aglow, ago, alow, although, apropos, art nouveau, Bamako, Bardot, beau, Beaujolais Nouveau, below, bestow, blow, bo, Boileau, bons mots, Bordeaux, Bow, bravo, bro, cachepot, cheerio, Coe, crow, Defoe, de trop, doe, doh, dos-à-dos, do-si-do, dough, dzo, Flo, floe, flow, foe, foreknow, foreshow, forgo, Foucault, froe, glow, go, good-oh, go-slow, grow, gung-ho, Heathrow, heave-ho, heigh-ho, hello, ho, hoe, ho-ho, jo, Joe, kayo, know, lo, low, maillot, malapropos, Marceau, mho, Miró, mo, Mohs, Monroe, mot, mow, Munro, Noh, no-show, oh, oho, outgo, outgrow, owe, Perrault, pho, po, Poe, pro, quid pro quo, reshow, righto, roe, Rouault, row, Rowe, sew, shew, show, sloe, slow, snow, so, soh, sow, status quo, stow, Stowe, strow, tally-ho, though, throw, tic-tac-toe, to-and-fro, toe, touch-and-go, tow, trow, undergo, undersow, voe, whacko, whoa, wo, woe, Xuzhou, yo, yo-ho-ho, Zhengzhou, Zhou nəʊnoʊ The chemical element nobelium.
determinernōnoʊ 1Not any. - 1.1 Used to indicate that something is quite the opposite of what is being specified.
it was no easy task persuading her - 1.2 Hardly any.
you'll be back in no time - 1.3 Used in notices or slogans forbidding or rejecting something specified.
exclamationnōnoʊ 1Used to give a negative response. “Is anything wrong?” “No.” Synonyms no indeed, absolutely not, most certainly not, of course not, under no circumstances, by no means, not at all, negative, never, not really, no thanks - 1.1 Expressing disagreement or contradiction.
“This is boring.” “No, it's not!” - 1.2 Expressing agreement with or affirmation of a negative statement.
they would never cause a fuss, oh no - 1.3 Expressing shock or disappointment at something one has heard or discovered.
adverbnōnoʊ 1with comparative Not at all; to no extent. they were no more able to perform the task than I was
nounnōnoʊ A negative answer or decision, as in voting. he was unable to change his automatic yes to a no Example sentencesExamples - If one goes to the application book, volume 1, page 23, line 30, it can be seen that it is recorded that the result of the division, this is on the second reading: ayes 14 and noes 13.
- The French noes and the British noes are the most incompatible of all.
- At the time of writing the score was four yeses (US, UK, Spain and Bulgaria) to five noes (France, Russia, China, Germany and Syria) with six doubtful.
- Since then, we've been arguing - sometimes bitterly - about the church's yeses and the noes to modernity and the liberal heritage.
- ‘Yes’ may be easier on them in the short term, but a few more noes are far more effective in the long term.
- Perhaps the editor feels that as a leading member of the ‘traditional left’ on Labour's national Executive, the critique of his string of noes runs a little close to home?
- For, among many other things, the French and Dutch votes were also noes to the consequences of enlargement and to the prospect of further enlargements.
- Super-optimists suggest that, perhaps with some changes and reassurance from European leaders, the noes might be turned into yeses, like water into wine.
Synonyms rejection, refusal, veto, no, negation, rebuff, disapproval, turning down, turndown, non-acceptance, declining, dismissal, spurning, cold shoulder, cold-shouldering, snub, snubbing
Phrases informal I am unable to do it. Example sentencesExamples - ‘Hmm… tempting, very tempting,’ Pearl mocked, ‘but no can do.’
- I've tried to compromise with him, but no can do, he loves his mommy too much.
- ‘Sorry missy, no can do, go home,’ he said pointing at the elevator.
- Sorry, but no can do, you've seen us, it's not safe for either of us to part company.
- Soon I have a crowd forming, and people jumping onto the other set of pads to try to beat me… but no can do, I am invincible!
- ‘Sorry, no can do,’ I laughed cheerfully, grabbing his arm and pulling him to his feet before he had a chance to protest.
- Sorry, no can do, they're contaminated with asbestos.
- ‘He told me to let go, and I said, ‘Sorry, kid, no can do.’
- Ooh, Thursday, no can do, mom's home tonight and Bruce is making dinner.
- Oh, no can do, sweetheart, I'm booked up until - let's see - next Tuesday.
The negative votes are in the majority. Example sentencesExamples - Add me to the mix, and the noes have it.
- The noes have it and the amendment is lost.
- The Chair must state whether the ayes or the noes have it and, if a member challenges the Chair's opinion, the question must be decided by a division.
- If the noes have it, then that is what most expect.
Example sentencesExamples - Sorry to have to let you know that Steve is no longer living with us and I am now a single mum.
- Next time you feel a little peckish try water first you may find that you are no longer hungry.
- She can no longer live on her own, and has been forced to live in a residential care home.
- He said the situation had become so bad that he could no longer find anyone else to work in the shop.
- He also raised the question of what would happen when it was no longer needed by the family.
- After all, they are the ones who have forgotten that we no longer live by the law of the jungle.
- Depending on who buys it, it could mean the public no longer has access to the house.
- Thank goodness that we live in an age when we no longer have to suffer unnecessarily.
- First, the working class and the oppressed can no longer go on living in the old way.
- We all know how annoying it can be to receive post for people who no longer live at our address.
Example sentencesExamples - She knew she was caught and there was no place to go but she was not going to go quietly.
- There would be no place for those who say they want their British heritage.
- He added that had any of the women he approached agreed to be photographed he had no place in mind to take them.
- We must buy or rent land and the building that sits upon it, or we have no place we can go.
- Sidewalk vendors who have no place to sell lunches and snacks have nowhere to turn.
- They can see that in a few weeks down the road, they may have no place to bury their dead.
- At night, especially, you feel that no place on earth is so completely of its time.
- There is no place that would be or should be immune from its influence and control.
- I had no connection to anything and it felt as though there was no place for me to fit.
- With plenty to do off the mountains, there is definitely no place like home.
not take no for an answer Persist in spite of refusals. Example sentencesExamples - She didn't take no for an answer and insubordination was not tolerated.
- Their tactics aren't always nice - they agitate, they don't take no for an answer and sometimes they are confrontational.
- Fill in a claim form ASAP and, if you believe your claim is genuine and falls within the terms of your policy, don't take no for an answer.
- After two weeks of seeing her like this he had finally demanded she go see a doctor and he didn't take no for an answer.
- Their boss (like most bosses) doesn't take no for an answer and is adamant they get the client or face being sacked.
- I don't think that is going to be possible, she is so full of energy and doesn't take no for an answer.
- I tell him all the time that I don't, but he doesn't take no for an answer.
- Mac simply doesn't take no for an answer and if anyone is looking for a debt-collector, he's your man!
- Which I did, but he smiled at me and said that he didn't take no for an answer, literally dragging me out onto the dance floor.
- And if he doesn't take no for an answer, come and tell me.
Used to convey that there can be no doubt about something. Example sentencesExamples - But without my helmet I would be dead, there's no two ways about it.
- Soon after marriage, she realised that decisions regarding the area of interest for a woman ought to be made by herself and that there could be no two ways about it.
- She added: ‘It's been chaotic, there's no two ways about it.’
- There's no two ways about it, he wouldn't be here now if Lisa hadn't done what she did.
- There are no two ways about it, you are there, or you are not.
- One cleric told researchers: ‘There is no two ways about it, it has been very demoralising.’
- I have been happy with the way things have started and there is no two ways about it - I want to end the season as the best bowler in the league.
- ‘There is no two ways about it, people view being able to access services seven days a week now as the norm and we believe that if we are going to do this, let's do it right,’ she said.
- At the moment it's a bit of a mourning process but he will definitely bounce back, no two ways about it.
- There's just no two ways about it - people who read Marcel Proust and Bertrand Russell instead of Entertainment Weekly actually do learn stuff…
informal Under no circumstances; not at all. You think she's alone? No way Example sentencesExamples - You can't be serious… no way… did you get me a car?
- Oh, no way. Who would fake being pregnant?
she'd have ridden there, winter or no Example sentencesExamples - But lest I be accused of favoring nuclear war, please take note that the consequences of nuclear war would be horrendous, nuclear winter or no.
Regardless of the specified thing. recession or no recession there is always going to be a shortage of good people
Origin Old English nō, nā (adverb), from ne ‘not’ + ō, ā ‘ever’. The determiner arose in Middle English (originally before words beginning with any consonant except h-), reduced from non, from Old English nān (see none). nōnoʊ The chemical element nobelium.
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