Definição de 'no'

Frequência da palavra

no

(noʊ )

Formas da palavra: plural noes , plural no's

1. convenção

You use no to give a negative response to a question.

'Any problems?'—'No, I'm O.K.'

'Haven't you got your driver's licence?'—'No.'

2. convenção

You use no to say that something that someone has just said is not true.

'We thought you'd emigrated.'—'No, no.'

'You're getting worse than me.'—'No I'm not.'

3. convenção

You use no to refuse an offer or a request, or to refuse permission.

'Here, have mine.'—'No, this is fine.'

'Can you just get the message through to Pete for me?'—'No, no I can't.'

After all, the worst the boss can do is say no if you ask him.

4. exclamação

You use no to indicate that you do not want someone to do something.

No. I forbid it. You cannot.

She put up a hand to stop him. 'No. It's not right. We mustn't.'

5. convenção

You use no to acknowledge a negative statement or to show that you accept and understand it.

'We're not on the main campus.'—'No.'

'It's not one of my favourite forms of music.'—'No.'

'I don't know him, do I?'—'No, you don't.'

6. convenção

You use no before correcting what you have just said.

I was twenty-two–no, twenty-one.

7. exclamação

You use no to express shock or disappointment at something you have just been told.

[feelings]

'John phoned to say that his computer wasn't working.'—'Oh God no.'

8. determinante

You use no to mean not any or not one person or thing.

He had no intention of paying the cash.

No job has more influence on the future of the world.

No letters survive from this early period.

9. determinante

You use no to emphasize that someone or something is not the type of thing mentioned.

[emphasis]

He is no singer.

I make it no secret that our worst consultants earn nothing.

10. advérbio

You can use no to make the negative form of a comparative.

It is to start broadcasting no later than the end of next year.

Yesterday no fewer than thirty climbers reached the summit.

It would be unfair to suggest that he will be no more effective than his predecessors.

He liked the Secretary no better than his assistant.

11. determinante

You use no in front of an adjective and noun to make the noun group mean its opposite.

Sometimes a bit of selfishness, if it leads to greater self-knowledge, is no bad thing.

Today's elections are of no great importance in themselves.

12. determinante

No is used in notices or instructions to say that a particular activity or thing is forbidden.

The captain turned out the 'no smoking' signs.

No talking after lights out.

...a notice saying 'No Dogs'.

13. substantivo contável

A no is a person who has answered 'no' to a question or who has voted against something. No is also used to refer to their answer or vote.

According to the latest opinion polls, the noes have 50 percent, the yeses 35 percent.

Sinônimos: objector, protester, dissident, dissenter Mais sinônimos de no

14.

See there is no

15. not to take no for an answer

16. no doubt

17. no less

18. no less than

19. no longer

20. in no way

21. there's no way

22. no way

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Frequência da palavra

No.

Formas da palavra: plural Nos

No. is a written abbreviation for number.

That year he was named the nation's No. 1 college football star.

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Frequência da palavra

no in British English 1

(nəʊ )

substituto de sentença

used to express denial, disagreement, refusal, disapproval, disbelief, or acknowledgment of negative statements

used with question intonation to query a previous negative statement, as in disbelief

The boss isn't dead yet. No?

substantivoFormas da palavra: plural noes or nos

an answer or vote of no

4. (often plural)

a person who votes in the negative

5. the noes have it

6. not take no for an answer

Compare yes, aye2

Origem da palavra no

Old English nā, from ne not, no + ā ever; see ay1

Frequência da palavra

no in British English 2

(nəʊ )

determinante

not any, not a, or not one

there's no money left

no card in the file

not by a long way; not at all

she's no youngster

3. (followed by comparative adjectives and adverbs)

not

no fewer than forty men

no more quickly than before

4. no go

Origem da palavra no

Old English nā, changed from nān none1

Frequência da palavra

no in British English 3

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Frequência da palavra

No in British English 1

or Noh (nəʊ )

substantivoFormas da palavra: plural No or Noh

the stylized classic drama of Japan, developed in the 15th century or earlier, using music, dancing, chanting, elaborate costumes, and themes from religious stories or myths

Origem da palavra no

from Japanese nō talent, from Chinese neng

Frequência da palavra

No in British English 2

(nəʊ )

substantivo

Lake No

Frequência da palavra

No in British English 3

o símbolo químico do

nobelium

Frequência da palavra

No. in British English

abreviatura de

north(ern)

2. Also: noFormas da palavra: plural Nos or nos

number

Origem da palavra no

from French numéro

Frequência da palavra

no' in British English

(no, nəʊ )

advérbio

Scottish

not

not in British English

(nɒt )

advérbio

used to negate the sentence, phrase, or word that it modifies

I will not stand for it

(in combination)

they cannot go

2. not that

substituto de sentença

used to indicate denial, negation, or refusal

certainly not

Frequência da palavra

n.o. in British English

cricket

abreviatura de

not out

Frequência da palavra

No in American English

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nobelium

Frequência da palavra

no in American English 1

(noʊ )

advérbio

not

whether or no

not in any degree; not at all

no worse

nay; not so

the opposite of yes

interjeição

it is not so; nay

the opposite of yes

it cannot be so

used to express surprise, disbelief, dismay, etc.

emphatically not

used to give force to a following negative statement or to introduce a fuller or more specific statement

adjectivo

not any; not a; not one

no errors

substantivoFormas da palavra: plural noes or nos

an utterance of no; refusal or denial

a negative vote, or a person voting in the negative; nay

Origem da palavra no

ME < OE na < ne a, lit., not ever < IE base *ne, nē, negative particle > Sans ná, Gr ne-, L ne-, Goth & OHG ni, OIr no

Frequência da palavra

no in American English 2

(noʊ )

substantivoFormas da palavra: plural no

[also N-]

Noh

Frequência da palavra

no in American English 3

north

northern

number

Origem da palavra no

(sense 3) L numero

Exemplos de frases que incluem
no

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I've no idea of whether it's going to last a minute or half an hour.

Listas de palavras com
no

internet, lake

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