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Meaning of no | Babel Free

Adverb CEFR A1 Common
nəʊ

Definitions

  1. No, not.
  2. Not, not at all.
    not-comparable
  3. Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives.
    not-comparable
  4. Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition.
  5. The symbol for nobelium.
  6. Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.
    informal, not-comparable
  7. Used to express sadness or disappointment.
  8. Used to express strong refusal, doubt, or disbelief.
  9. Not.
    Scotland, informal, not-comparable
  10. Used to express disbelief.
  11. nobelium.
  12. Not, does not, do not, etc.
    colloquial, humorous, not-comparable, usually
  13. Used to show agreement with a negative question.
  14. the classic drama of Japan, using chants and highly stylized movements and formal and thematic patterns derived from religious rites.
  15. Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement.
    colloquial
  16. Not so:nay, nix.
  17. not (any). He is no better at golf than swimming; He went as far as the shop and no further. nie ليسَ не е não ne nicht ikke καθόλουno mitte (sugugi) ابدا ei pas, nonלא, לאו बिलकुल नहीं, तनिक भी नहीं nimalo nem ... tidak ekkert; engu non ~でない 조금도 …않다 ne, nė kiek ne ne; ne [] kā tidak nietikkenie په هيڅ صورت não nu не; нисколько не nie nič ne inte ไม่ hiç de daha...değil, yok 並不 ніскільки не, анітрохи не نہيں không 并不
  18. a word used for denying, disagreeing, refusing etc. `Do you like travelling?' `No, (I don't).'; No, I don't agree; `Will you help me?' `No, I won't.' nee لا!: كَلِمَة للتَّعبير عَن عَدَم المُوافَقَه Не não ne nein nej όχιno ei خیر ei nonלא नहीं ne nem tidak nei no いいえ 아니, 맙소사 ne nē tidak neeneinie نه منفى ځواب não nu нет nie ne ne nej ไม่ hayır (用以表示否定的回答)不 ні حرف نفي lời từ chối (用以表示否定的回答)不
    etc
  19. noes .
  20. no person; no-one. Nobody likes him. niemand لا أحد، ولا شَخْص никой ninguém nikdo niemand ingen; ikke nogen κανέναςnadie mitte keegi هیچ کس ei kukaan personneאף אחד कोई नहीं nitko senki tak seorang pun enginn nessuno 誰も~ない 아무도 niekas neviens tiada siapa niemandingen, ikke et menneskenikt هيڅ څوك ninguém nimeni никто nikto nihče niko ingen ไม่มีใคร kimse, hiç kimse 沒人,無人,誰也不 ніхто کوئي بھي نہيں không ai 没有人,无人,谁也不
  21. a very unimportant person. She's just a nobody. niemand نَكِرَه، شَخْص لا يَعْرِفُه أحَد нищожество zé-ninguém nula der Niemand nul ένα τίποτα, ασήμαντο πρόσωπο don nadie eikeegi هیچکس nolla moins que rien לא חָשוּב कोई नहीं nitko bitan senkiházi orang tidak penting lítilvæg/ómerkileg persóna (persona di nessuno conto) つまらない人 하찮은 사람 niekas, visiškas nulis neievērojams cilvēks, nulle tidak penting nulnull, ubetydelighetnikt, zero هيڅ څوك zé-ninguém nimeni ничтожество, пустое место úplná nula n...

Equivalents

العربية نعم
Bosanski no
Deutsch nein
Español no NO
Français no non
Hrvatski no
Italiano no no
日本語 はい
한국어
Kurdî no no
Português não no no
Српски no

Examples

“It is a less physical kind of torture, but no less gruesome.”
“I can think of no more deserving cause.”
“Look no further than one's nose.”
“This is no different from what we've been doing all along.”
“Is your sister any better? ~ No different. Still ill.”
“This thing is no good.”
“The teacher’s decision was no fair.”
“I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.”
“Can ye no help me?”
“AS the Devil is not so Black as he is Painted, so neither does he appear in so many Shapes as we make for him; we Dress him up in more Suits of Cloaths, and more Masquerade Habits, than ever he wore; and I question much, if he was to see the Pictures and Figures which we call Devil, whether he would know himself by some of them or no.”
“Ug no like veggie.”
“No, you are mistaken.”
“No, you may not watch television now.”
“David, no!”
“We lost. / No!”
“I got the job! / No! Really? That's fantastic!”
“"Don’t you like milk?" "No." (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")”
“No, totally.”
“No, yeah, that's exactly right.”
“"Wow!" "Yeah, no, it was really awful!"”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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