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Definition: NON- |
NON-1. A prefix used in the sense of not; un-; in-; as in nonattention, or non-attention, nonconformity, nonmetallic, nonsuit. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Satire | NON-:COMBATANT:, n. A dead Quaker. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: NON- |
| English words defined with "NON-": In- ♦ Privative ♦ Un-. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "NON-": follicular large cell lymphoma ♦ RCL. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "NON-": Nonchalant, Non-feasance, Nonsense. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "NON-" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (non-, un-), Romanian (non-). |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | This image shows the height of the dam at Parker River before restoration. Anadromous fish were forced to jump past this dam or use an outdated non- functioning dam to negotiate to their spawning grounds before the Alaskan Steep Pass fish ladder was installed.Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | The articles are the results which are the most accessible to non- professionals and often listed under the heading "Citations." (references) | |
Also, some patients will strongly prefer non- biological interventions, and others will not be suitable for biological treatment because of side effects, interactions between drugs, and comorbid medical conditions. (references) | ||
Business | Preliminary figures from the DANE (National Department of Statistics), which has just been revealed, indicate that the economy may grew around 3 percent in the 2000. The most favorable indicator is that of non- traditional exports, that increased 22 percent in dollars and favored the performance of the manufacturing industry. (references) | |
Economic History | Eritrea | Open account and collection shipments of goods is non- existent. (references) |
Kuwait | Non- performance penalties equivalent to six percent of the value of the contract can be levied. (references) | |
India | Rather than borrow from banks, even at sub-prime lending rates, Indian companies are raising money at lower rates from commercial papers and non- convertible debentures. (references) | |
Women | Barbados | However, Barbadian women married to non- Barbadian men were unable to confer citizenship on their children. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "NON-" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.51% of the time. "NON-" is used about 86 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 96.51% | 83 | 36,350 |
| Noun (singular) | 3.49% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 86 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "NON-"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pa- (un-), mos- (mis-, un-), jo- (in-, un-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | عدم (beggary, mis-, negation, nil, nothingness, nought). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | който няма, който не може да е, който не е, обратно на (contrary to, unlike), несвързан с (unconnected with, unrelated to), не- (mis-, un-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 非 (not-, un-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | ???. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | ??? (cutthroat, ex-, France, horseshoe, ok, shamefaced, sightseeing, stocktaking, teasel, thumbnail, un-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ωσ-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | non- (un-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 非 (faulty-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ひ (blaze, consort, cost, day, expense, faulty-, fire, flame, hail, ice, light, negation, no, princess, proportion, ratio, rook, spoon, sun, sunlight, sunshine, the noes, wicked person). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 무 (Biting, Non, Radish, snapping). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | neu- (prefix causing lenition non-, un-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | on-nay non-, ne- (in-). (various references) не- (un-). (various references) ne- (un-). (various references) no- (un-), in- (mal-, un-), des- (mal-, un-). (various references) icke-. (various references) -siz (devoid of, ex, guiltless, in-, innocent of, lacking, out of, sans, sine, un-, void of, wanting, with no, without), olmayan (un-), karşıtı (phobe), gayri. (various references) не- (mal-, mis-, un-). (various references) di- (not, un-, without). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | non. (various references) |
| Middle English | 1100-1500 | non. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "n-n-o" | |
-1 letter: no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "n-n-o" | |
+1 letter: anon, conn, neon, nona, none, noon, noun. | |
+2 letters: ancon, anion, annoy, bonne, bonny, canon, conin, conns, donna, donne, fanon, honan, inion, known, neons, ninon, niton, nomen, nonas, nonce, nones, nonet, nonyl, noons, nouns, nylon, onion, pinon, sonny, tenon, tonne, union, unwon, xenon. | |
+3 letters: adnoun, amnion, ancone, anions, annoys, anoint, anonym, anyone, bonbon, boning, bonnes, bonnet, bonnie, bunion, cannon, cannot, canons, canton, canyon, conine, coning, conins, conned, conner, donjon, donnas, donned, donnee, enjoin, eonian, fanion, fanons, gnomon, goanna, gonion, guenon, honans, honing, inborn, incony, inions, intone, intown, intron, ionone, johnny, knowns, kronen, longan, mignon, minion, minnow, nasion, nation, natron, nekton, nelson, neoned, neuron, newton, ninons, nitons, nocent, noggin, nomina, nonage, nonart, nonces, noncom, nonego, nonets, nonfan, nonfat, nongay, nonman, nonmen, nonpar, nontax, nonuse, nonwar, nonyls, nosing, noting, notion, nounal, novena, nuncio, nylons, onions, oniony, online, owning, pennon, phonon, pinion, pinons, pinyon, ponent, ponton, renown, ronion, ronnel, ronyon, sannop, sonant, sonnet, tendon, tenons, toning, tonner, tonnes, turnon, unborn, undone, unfond, unions, unison, unknot, unmown, unopen, unsown, untorn, unworn, wanion, wanton, winnow, wonned, wonner, wonton, xenons, zoning. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 4F 4E 2D |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01001111 01001110 00101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N O N - |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 004F 004E 002D |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48494815 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Translations: Modern 8. Translations: Ancient | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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