no
A negating expressionA negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.
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Meaning
2 sensesA negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.
Nein
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неne
A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty yeses and two nos.
Gegenstimme
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- a radioactive transuranic element synthesized by bombarding curium with carbon ions; 7 isotopes are known
- a negative
Origin
Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”)Inherited from Middle English no, na, from Old English nā, nō (“no, not, not ever, never”), from Proto-West Germanic *naiwō, from Proto-Germanic *naiwô (“never”), from *ne (“not”) + *aiwō (“ever”), equivalent to ne + aye. Cognate with Scots na (“no”), Saterland Frisian noa (“no”), West Frisian né (“no”), nea (“never”), Dutch nee (“no”), Low German nee (“no”), German nie (“never”), dialectal German nö (“no”), Danish nej (“no”), Swedish nej (“no”), Icelandic nei (“no”). Doublet of nay.
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