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no one en · PRON

Pronunciation

• (Received-Pronunciation) audio
• (General-American) audio
• /ˈnəʊ wʌn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈnoʊ ˌwʌn/ (General-American)

Meanings

1. Used in contrast to anyone, someone or everyone: not one person; nobody.
   • Many may boaſt finer eyes, a handſomer mouth, a more commanding figure; but no one can have a better turned ſhape, a fairer complexion, a whiter hand, a more delicate foot, a more benign aſpect, a more bewitching countenance. Without dazzling, ſhe engages, ſhe charms, and no one can tell how. 1763, J[ean-]J[acques] Rousseau, “Book V”, in [William Kenrick], transl., Emilius and Sophia: Or, A New System of Education. […], 2nd edition, volume IV, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. de Hondt […], →OCLC, pages 90–91:
   • The story struck the depressingly familiar note with which true stories ring in the tried ears of experienced policemen. No one queried it. It was in the classic pattern of human weakness, mean and embarrassing and sad. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Eye Witness”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 249:
   • We went to the store but no one was there.
   • Thus, when he drew up instructions in lawyer language, he expressed the important words by an initial, a medial, or a final consonant, and made scratches for all the words between. His clerks, however, understood him very well. If he had written a love letter or a farce, or a ballade or a story, no one—neither clerks nor friends nor compositors—would have understood anything but a word here and a word there. 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, page 6:
   • Sundrie greate perſonages bothe learned and well acquainted with affaires, haue both learnedly, and wiſely written of Politique matters, [...] howbeit there is no one among them all, that hath once buſied himſelfe about the ruling, or direction of the Publique eſtate, in that point, that apperteineth to the vocation of men, [...] 1578, [Pierre de la Place], “That the Vocation of Men, hath beene a Thing Vnknown vnto Philosophers, […]”, in Ægremont Ratcliffe [i.e., Egremont Radcliffe], transl., Politiqve Discourses, Treating of the Differences and Inequalities of Vocations, as well Publique, as Priuate: […], London: […] Edward Aggas, →OCLC, book I, folio 8, recto:
   • Where Love preſumeth into place, / Let no one ſing in Loves diſgrace. 1684, John Boccacio [i.e., Giovanni Boccaccio], “The Sixth Novel. Sufficiently Declaring, that how Mighty Soever the Power of Love is, yet a Magnanimous and Truly Generous Heart, It Can by No Means Fully Conquer.”, in The Novels and Tales of the Renowned John Boccacio, the First Refiner of Italian Prose: […], 5th edition, London: […] Awnsham Churchill, […], →OCLC, page 437:
   • 'The doctor was confined to the house,' Poole said, 'and saw no one.' On the 15th, he tried again, and was again refused; and having now been used for the last two months to see his friend almost daily, he found this return of solitude to weigh upon his spirits. 1886 January 5, Robert Louis Stevenson, “Remarkable Incident of Dr. Lanyon”, in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., →OCLC, pages 55–56:
   • And why has no one in the [rail] industry advocated for a universal requirement for face covering (even if it's just a scarf or old tea towel), [...] 2020 June 3, Christian Wolmar, “Unworkable Policies Cripple Our Beleaguered Railway”, in Rail, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire: Bauer Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 51:
   • Receive us. We have wronged noöne, we have corrupted noöne, we have taken advantage of noöne. 1848, Jonathan Morgan, transl., The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. […], stereotype edition, Portland, Or.: S. H. Colesworthy; […], II Corinthians 7:2, page 222, column 2:
   • However, the transcendence of 2#92;sqrt#123;2#125; was so difficult a problem that noöne in the audience would live to see its solution. Within a few years, [Carl Ludwig] Siegel had proven this transcendence! 1991, Craig Smoryński, “Weak Formal Theories of Arithmetic”, in Logical Number Theory I: An Introduction (Universitext), Berlin; Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, page 269:
2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see no, one.
   • No one solution on its own can generate successful change. 2017, Bob Doppelt, Leading Change toward Sustainability: A Change-Management Guide for Business, Government and Civil Society, 2nd edition, Routledge, →ISBN:
   • No one athlete could pull off such a stunt!

Forms

Antonyms

somebody · anyone · anybody · all · someone · everybody · everyone

Deriveds

no one is born a master · no one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American people

Relateds

nowhere · quantifier · nothing

Synonyms

nobody · none

Translations (138)

fur nissun (not even a single person) · ajp ما حداش (not even a single person) · es nadi (not even a single person) · ast naide (not even a single person) · vec nisun (not even a single person) · uz hech kim (not even a single person) · csb nicht (not even a single person) · et mitte keegi (not even a single person) · fro nul (not even a single person) · fr personne (not even a single person) · ga aon duine (not even a single person) · ajp ولا حدّ (not even a single person) · is neinn (not even a single person) · vi không ai (not even a single person) · wa nolu (not even a single person) · mi pākorehā (not even a single person) · wa nouk (not even a single person) · ro niciun (not even a single person) · fy nimmen (not even a single person) · tr kimse (not even a single person) · ur کوئی نہیں (not even a single person) · bg ни́кой (not even a single person) · es nadien (not even a single person) · hu senki (not even a single person) · tl walang sino man (not even a single person) · io nulu (not even a single person) · eu inor (not even a single person) · bzj nobadi (not even a single person) · mk никој (not even a single person) · nv doo nagháí da (not even a single person) · tr hiç kimse (not even a single person) · es nadies (not even a single person) · grc μηδείς (not even a single person) · ary حتى حد (not even a single person) · cs nikdo (not even a single person) · fi ei kukaan (not even a single person) · cmn 沒人 /没人 (not even a single person) · az heç kim (not even a single person) · ang nān mann (not even a single person) · ckb کەس (not even a single person) · my ဘယ်သူမှ (not even a single person) · az heç kəs (not even a single person) · sh nȉko (not even a single person) · is enginn (not even a single person) · non engi (not even a single person) · no ingen (not even a single person) · ajp ما حد (not even a single person) · tg ҳечкас (not even a single person) · dlm nenčoin (not even a single person) · sh nȉtko (not even a single person) · nci ayāc (not even a single person) · pl nikt (not even a single person) · th ไม่มีใคร (not even a single person) · hy ոչ ոք (not even a single person) · gd duine (not even a single person) · la nēmō (not even a single person) · fr nul (not even a single person) · ca ningú (not even a single person) · vo nek (not even a single person) · yi קיינער (not even a single person) · sk nikto (not even a single person) · ajp ولا حدا (not even a single person) · it nessuno (not even a single person) · nap nisciuno (not even a single person) · grc μήτις (not even a single person) · br den ebet (not even a single person) · nn ingen (not even a single person) · de keiner (not even a single person) · scn nuḍḍu (not even a single person) · da ingen (not even a single person) · nl niemand (not even a single person) · cy neb (not even a single person) · pam alang-ala (not even a single person) · gl ninguén (not even a single person) · ar أَحَد لَا (not even a single person) · ko 아무도...아니다 (not even a single person) · el κανένας (not even a single person) · he אַף אֶחָד (not even a single person) · arz ماحدش (not even a single person) · fo eingin (not even a single person) · tly هیش کسی (not even a single person) · bn কেউ না (not even a single person) · hy ոչ մեկը (not even a single person) · njo-jgl shinga (not even a single person) · km គ្មាននរណាម្នាក់ (not even a single person) · ist ningun (not even a single person) · mt ħadd (not even a single person) · gun avave (not even a single person) · sh ни̏тко (not even a single person) · yue 冇人 (not even a single person) · cmn 沒有人 /没有人 (not even a single person) · es nadie (not even a single person) · ia nemo (not even a single person) · ia necuno (not even a single person) · pdt kjeena (not even a single person) · pam alang ninuman (not even a single person) · ka არავინ (not even a single person) · sco naebody (not even a single person) · et ei keegi (not even a single person) · sh ни̏ко (not even a single person) · tg ҳеҷкас (not even a single person) · pt ninguém (not even a single person) · fr qui que ce soit (not even a single person) · sv ingen (not even a single person) · ccc meyana'shanaye (not even a single person) · mwl naide (not even a single person) · ru никто́ (not even a single person) · ajp ما حدا (not even a single person) · sq askush (not even a single person) · ajp ولا واحد (not even a single person) · lv neviens (not even a single person) · de niemand (not even a single person) · sq kurrkush (not even a single person) · ja 誰も...ない (not even a single person) · enm noman (not even a single person) · ajp ما حدا (not even a single person) · hi कोई नहीं (not even a single person) · es naiden (not even a single person) · be ніхто́ (not even a single person) · vec nisuni (not even a single person) · ary حتى واحد (not even a single person) · grc οὐδείς (not even a single person) · tl walang sinuman (not even a single person) · ast ñaide (not even a single person) · es naides (not even a single person) · ro nimeni (not even a single person) · ajp ما حدش (not even a single person) · fa هیچکس (not even a single person) · gl can nin gato (not even a single person) · grc οὔτις (not even a single person) · sl nihčè (not even a single person) · af niemand (not even a single person) · uk ніхто́ (not even a single person) · eo neniu (not even a single person) · lo ບໍ່ມີໃຜ (not even a single person) · es naidies (not even a single person) · es náidenes (not even a single person) · kk ешкім (not even a single person)