| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  n |
| ADVERB: | 1. Used to express refusal, denial, disbelief, emphasis, or disagreement: No, I'm not going. No, you're wrong. 2. Not at all; not by any degree. Often used with the comparative: no better; no more. 3. Not: whether or no. | | NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. noes ( nz)
1. A negative response; a denial or refusal: The proposal produced only noes. 2. A negative vote or voter. | | INTERJECTION: | Used to express strong refusal, doubt, or disbelief. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old English n : ne, not; see ne in Appendix I + , ever; see aiw- in Appendix I.
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