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“no” – English explanatory dictionary

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Yeah. No, me and Fabienne are gonna leave in the morning.
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Like there is no direct comp.
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adj, adv 1. showing the opposite of ‘yes’ ○ I asked my mother if we could borrow her car but she said ‘no’. ○ Do you want another cup of coffee? – No, thank you. 2. not any ○ There’s no milk left in the fridge. ○ We live in a little village, and there’s no post office for miles around. ○ We had no reply to our fax. 3. □ no entry do not go in this way □ no exit do not go out this way □ no parking do not park □ no smoking do not smoke 4. not at all ○ My new kitchen knife is no sharper than the old one. ○ She no longer works here. ○ I’m no good at maths.
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a. [OE. no, non, the same word as E. none; cf. E. a, an. See None.] Not any; not one; none. “Let there be no strife … between me and thee.” Gen. xiii. 8. “That goodness is no name, and happiness no dream.” Byron. In Old England before a vowel the form non or noon was used. ´No man.´ ´Noon apothercary.´ Chaucer.
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adv. [OE. no, na, AS. na; ne not + a ever. AS. ne is akin to OHG. ni, Goth. ni, Russ. ne, Ir., Gael. & W. ni, L. ne, Gr. nh (in comp.), Skr. na, and also to E. prefix un-. rad. 193. See Aye, and cf. Nay, Not, Nice, Nefarious.] Nay; not; not at all; not in any respect or degree; — a word expressing negation, denial, or refusal. Before or after another negative, no is emphatic. “We do no otherwise than we are willed.” Shak. “I am perplx’d and doubtful whether or no
I dare accept this your congratulation.” Coleridge. “There is none righteous, no, not one.” Rom. iii. 10.No! Nay, Heaven forbid.” Coleridge.
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n.; pl. Noes .
1. A refusal by use of the wordd no; a denial.
2. A negative vote; one who votes in the negative; as to call for the ayes and noes; the noes have it.
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Simba faced challenges, but he knew no worries.

The scentence about “The Lion King”.

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