no

determiner

1》 not any.

2》 quite the opposite of: it was no easy task.

3》 hardly any.

exclamation used to give a negative response.

adverb

1》 [with comparative] not at all: they were no more able to do it than I was.

2》 Scottish not.

noun (plural noes) a negative answer or decision, especially in voting.

Phrases

no can do informal I am unable to do it.

no go informal impossible, hopeless, or forbidden.

no longer not now as formerly.

no place N. Amer. nowhere.

not take no for an answer persist in spite of refusals.

no two ways about it no possible doubt about something.

no way informal under no circumstances; not at all.

no worries informal, chiefly Austral. all right; fine.

or no or not.

Origin

OE nō, nā (adverb), from ne 'not' + ō, ā 'ever'.