NO

adjective

1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of normally open.normally open

proper noun

1. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of Novus Ordo.Novus Ordo

adverb

1. alternative, archaic, not comparable Alternative form of No..No.

noun Nos

1. alternative Alternative form of No..No.

noun No

1. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of Noh: a form of classical Japanese drama.Noh

proper noun

1. A lake in South Sudan.
2. A county of South Sudan.

determiner

1. Not any. no one
2. Hardly any. We'll be finished in no time at all.
3. Not any possibility or allowance of (something). No smoking. No parking.
4. Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully. My mother's no fool.

adverb

1. not comparable Used before different, before comparatives with more and less, and idiomatically before other comparatives. It is a less physical kind of torture, but no less gruesome.
2. informal, not comparable Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives. This thing is no good.
3. Scotland, informal, not comparable Not. I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
4. colloquial, humorous, not comparable, usually Not, does not, do not, etc. Ug no like veggie.

particle

1. Used to show disagreement, negation, denial, refusal, or prohibition. No, you are mistaken.
2. Used to express sadness or disappointment. "We lost." "No!"
3. Used to express disbelief. I got the job! / No! Really? That's fantastic!
4. Used to show agreement with a negative question. "Don’t you like milk?" "No." (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
5. colloquial Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement. No, totally.

Similar: no, I'm good, ixnay, nay, nah, naw, negative, nope, negatory

preposition

1. Without. Look Ma, no hands!
2. Like.

noun noes · nos

1. A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval. Q: I'll answer any ten questions that call for a yes or a no.
2. A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition. The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty yeses and two nos.

Similar: nah, nope, naw, nay

verb noes · noing · noed

1. colloquial, intransitive To say “no”. She felt disquiet at these tales of Musa’s illicit activities. ‘Does your father know?’ / ‘My father always noes. He never yeses. Specially when he’s sick, then he noes all the time. I gotta get out. Can’t stick around the house with him yelling.[…]’
2. colloquial, transitive To answer with “no”; to decline, reject. Never accustom yourself to say ‘Yes,’—practise an emphatic and decisive enunciation of the far more dignified and important monosyllable, ‘No.’ […] Believe me, it is of the utmost importance (the advice is not of recent date) that you should No the world.

adverb

1. alternative, archaic, not comparable Alternative form of No.No.

noun nos

1. alternative Alternative form of No.No.

interjection