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not any amount of something or not one of a group of people or thing

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: not any amount of something or not one of a group of people or thing. Used as a noun, listen here, it means: A canonical hour that according to ancient Roman and Eastern reckoning is the ninth hour (or 3 p.m.).

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Usage examples (34)
  • Please all, and you will please none
  • Seemed none too pleased with his dinner
  • Thou shalt have none other gods before me
  • For if the options are irreducible causation or none, one should ask whether ˜none™ might be the better choice.
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