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English Determiner Bre Nəʊ Noʊ Student Leave Room

Word no
WordType (determiner)
Phonetic BrE / nəʊ / NAmE / noʊ /
Example
  • no student is to leave the room.
  • there were no letters this morning.
  • there's no bread left.
  • no two days are the same.
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no

(determiner)BrE / nəʊ / NAmE / noʊ /
  1. not one; not any; not a
    • see also no one
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/no-one
    • No student is to leave the room.
    • There were no letters this morning.
    • There's no bread left.
    • No two days are the same.
  2. used, for example on notices, to say that something is not allowed
    • No smoking!
  3. used to say that it is impossible to do something
    • There's no telling what will happen next.
  4. used to express the opposite of what is mentioned
    • She's no fool (= she's intelligent).
    • It was no easy matter (= it was difficult).

    Word 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, from ne ‘not’ + ān ‘one’, of Germanic origin.
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