Idiom none other than someone/something (Definition of none from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

None definition: not one.. See examples of NONE used in a sentence.

None of something means not even a small amount of it. None of a group of people or things means not even one of them.

Jun 30, 2025 · None used to replace uncountable nouns should always be singular. None used in place of countable nouns may be either singular or plural, unless the rest of the circumstances …

Jul 15, 2025 · Use the word none to mean "nothing," "not any," or "no one." If you ate the last donut and your dad asks how many are left, it's up to you to break the sad news that there are …

You only use none of or none to talk about a group of three or more things or people. If you want to talk about two things or people, you use neither of or neither.

Synonyms for NONE: no, never, nothing, hardly, scarcely, on no account, by no means, ill; Antonyms of NONE: most, certainly, absolutely, surely, completely, definitely, quite, very

Most seem to think that because none can mean ‘not one’ that it is always singular, but none can also mean ‘not any’. See the examples for uses in plural or singular.

None means ‘not one’ or ‘not any’. We use it as a pronoun to replace countable and uncountable nouns. We use it as subject or object: Slorne stared … and seemed to try to find some …

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