Meaning

2 senses
  1. (US)A person without religious affiliation.

  2. (obsolete)Synonym of midafternoon: the time around or following noon or nones.

More definitions
  • a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier
  • a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise

Examples

990 sentences
  1. I know it's none of my business.

    Я знаю, що це не моя справа. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что это не моё дело. — odexed

    deIch weiß, es geht mich nichts an. — driini

  2. I know that this is none of my business.

    Я знаю, що це не моя справа. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что это не моё дело. — odexed

  3. This is none of your business.

    Це не твоя справа. — deniko

    ruЭто тебя не касается. — Hellerick

    deDas geht dich nichts an. — al_ex_an_der

  4. None of us can see them.

    Ніхто з нас не може їх бачити. — deniko

    ruНикто из нас не может их увидеть. — marafon

  5. None of us knew the answer.

    Ніхто з нас не знав відповіді. — deniko

    ruНикто из нас не знал ответ. — marafon

    deKeiner von uns wusste die Antwort. — raggione

Origin

From the first sense, since they respond “none” when asked about their religion; also a pl

From the first sense, since they respond “none” when asked about their religion; also a play on words on nun.

From French none, from Latin nōna (“ninth; ninth hour”).

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Forms

plural: nones
Singularnone
Pluralnones

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedquantifier

Collocations

9 patterns
  • none of this
  • none of my
  • none of the
  • but none of
  • none of your
  • none of that
  • but none
  • is none of
  • there was none

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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