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Definition: NONE OF |
NONE OF1. Not at all; not; nothing of; -- used emphatically. ``They knew that I was none of the register that entered their admissions in the universities.'' --Fuller. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Remedy | Phr. aux grands maux les grands remedes; Dios que da la llaga da la medicina; para todo hay remedio sino para la muerte; temporis ars medicina fere est; " the remedy is worse than the disease "; " throw physic to the dogs, I'll none of it ". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: NONE OF |
| English words defined with "NONE OF": adamant, adamantine, affair ♦ business ♦ consistency ♦ inexorable, intransigent ♦ junior ♦ matter ♦ thing, To take place ♦ valuelessness ♦ Whole snipe. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "NONE OF": Amiga ♦ backstroke jigging, balanced bridge interferometer switch, balanced bridge interferometric switch ♦ Canterbury Tales, Coast Clear, code segment, connector conspiracy, core wall ♦ Digital Subscriber Line ♦ earthquake swarm ♦ Falutin, feasible design ♦ Gall of Pigeons ♦ Hercules Secundus ♦ Iontophoresis ♦ Leukemia Viruses, Murine, linearly independent vector set ♦ Maccabees, Books of the, MAIDEN SESSIONS, Motorola 68000 ♦ non-quadded cable ♦ paired cable ♦ RAMTRON, Rayleigh atmosphere ♦ Skains-mate, space leak, steady-flow process, sunspot cycle, sylph ♦ triclinic block ♦ William, WOMAN OF ALL WORK. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | But what if none of us goes for the blonde (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) None of us are. (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) A vision of the universe, that tells us undeniably, that we belong to something that is greater then ourselves, and that none of us are alone (Contact; writing credit: Carl Sagan;) None of the men here have seen a woman in years (Alien³; writing credit: Dan O'Bannon; Ronald Shusett) How would we even recognize Juntao, none of us never saw him. (Rush Hour; writing credit: Jim Kouf) | |
Lyrics | It aint none of your friends business (None Of You Friends Business; performing artist: Ginuwine) Let's be honest none of us (Ugly; performing artist: Bubba Sparxxx) Don't know where none of these calls come from ("Bills, Bills, Bills"; performing artist: Destiny's Child) There wasn't none of that crap back in 1970 (AM Radio; performing artist: Everclear) Son, and none of what you hear ("I Heard It Through the Grapevine"; performing artist: Marvin Gaye) | |
Song Titles | None Of Ur Friends Business (performing artist: Ginuwine) | |
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![]() | None of These will Give You AIDs Poster. | ![]() | Official model, photographed circa 1920. The ships of this class, none of which were completed, were: South Dakota (BB-49); Indiana (BB-50); Montana (BB-51); North Carolina (BB-52); Iowa (BB-53); Massachusetts (BB-54);. Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | She flung the furlongs behind her at a rate that none of the men could equal. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | For the first time a man is elected president who has none of the traditional qualifications : He is ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Uncle Sam: "Them fellers over there want to disarm but none of 'em dast do it first!". Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Bill Hicks | Here is my final point, oh thank you God. About drugs, about alcohol, about pornography, whatever that is. What business is it of yours what I do, read, buy, see, or take into my body as long as I do not harm another human being on this planet? And for those of you out there who're having a little moral dilemma in your head about how to answer that question, I'll answer it for you - none of your fucking business. Take that to the bank, cash it, and go fucking on a vacation out of my life. |
Blaise Pascal | We must learn our limits. We are all something but none of us are everything. |
Francis Bacon | None of the affections have been noted to fascinate and bewitch but envy. |
George Eliot | Our impartiality is kept for abstract merit and demerit, which none of us ever saw. |
J.g. Holland | Character must stand behind and back up everything -- the sermon, the poem, the picture, the play. None of them is worth a straw without it. |
Oscar Wilde | None of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves. |
| I can't help detesting my relations. I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves. | |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | O my brothers, God exists. There is a soul at the center of nature and over the will of every man, so that none of us can wrong the universe. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Magna Carta | 1215 | A freeman shall not be amerced for a slight offense, except in accordance with the degree of the offense; and for a grave offense he shall be amerced in accordance with the gravity of the offense, yet saving always his "contentment"; and a merchant in the same way, saving his "merchandise"; and a villein shall be amerced in the same way, saving his "wainage" if they have fallen into our mercy: and none of the aforesaid amercements shall be imposed except by the oath of honest men of the neighborhood. (reference) |
John Locke | 1690 | Which could not possibly be, if all political power were only paternal, and that in truth they were one and the same thing: for then, all paternal power being in the prince, the subject could naturally have none of it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | None of these three persons shall be a person nominated to the panel by any Member directly concerned in the complaint. (reference) |
Winston S. Churchill | 1946 | None of these clash with the general interest of a world agreement, or a world organization; on the contrary they help it. ("Iron Curtain" Speech) |
Brown v. Board of Education | 1954 | In none of these cases was it necessary to re-examine the doctrine to grant relief to the Negro plaintiff. (reference) |
Miranda v. Arizona | 1966 | None of the defendants was given a full and effective warning of his rights at the outset of the interrogation process. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Emma denied none of it aloud, and agreed to none of it in private |
Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | But none of it is done by the Bee. |
So Long, and Thanks For All the Fish | Douglas Adams | None of this is actually happening |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | None of these visions ever quite deluded him. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The Bishop of D__ had none of this severity peculiar to most priests |
The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | I suppose it comes from the fact that none of us can stand other people having the same faults as ourselves |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | None of the brute creation requires more than Food and Shelter |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Unfortunately, none of the above has demonstrated proven success. (references) | |
So far, none of these vectors promises an effective cure for CF in the near future. (references) | ||
If you suffer from headaches and none of the standard treatments help, do not despair. (references) | ||
Business | According to market researchers, there are no dominant firms in the industry; none of the players control a major share of the market. (references) | |
Municipal, bulk and many other type of waste are disposed of in landfills, none of which meets the EU engineering or operational standards. (references) | ||
As of the date of this report, and except for NCCI, none of the other insurance companies operating in Saudi Arabia are licensed to sell policies. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Iran | Baha'is outside the country report that none of the 36 detainees would sign the document. (references) |
Micronesia | It is silent on foreign travel, emigration, and repatriation, but in practice none of these are restricted. (references) | |
Bangladesh | The journalists in all cases received anticipatory bail from the courts, and none of the cases moved to trial. (references) | |
Economic History | Equatorial Guinea | Almost none of its soviet-style light-armored vehicles or trucks are operational. (references) |
Greece | If none of the above forms is appropriate, foreign firms may establish branch offices. (references) | |
Denmark | The result is a multiplicity of parties (10 currently in parliament), none of which holds a majority. (references) | |
Human Rights | Yugoslavia | In none of these cases has any reported legal action been taken against the police. (references) |
Israel and the occupied territories | Since June 1, Arafat also issued several total cease-fire orders, none of which were effective. (references) | |
Nepal | Of that number, authorities plan to file cases against 481. To date none of the cases have been tried. (references) | |
Minorities | Sri Lanka | However, the Government has stated that none of these persons would be forced to depart the country. (references) |
Pakistan | Police arrested 18 members of the Jaish-i-Mohammad in connection with the massacre, although as of December none of them had been charged. (references) | |
Political Economy | BRAZIL | Brazil has signed some 16 BITs with other countries, none of which has been ratified. (references) |
Political Rights | Uruguay | None of the 13 cabinet ministers are women. (references) |
Angola | Women occupy 10 of 83 cabinet positions, 35 of 220 seats in the National Assembly, and none of the 9 places on the Supreme Court. (references) | |
Rwanda | The RPF brought representatives of four opposition parties into the Government after its military victory in 1994, but none of the officials was elected. (references) | |
Trade | Brazil | The initial list included stereos, televisions, and VCRs, none of which are produced in Brazil outside the zone. (references) |
Italy | Documents required for exporting include the usual shipper's commercial invoice and the bill of lading or air waybill, none of which require consular legalization. (references) | |
Travel | Austria | Also, check the calendar carefully, because none of these attractions performs year-round. (references) |
Worker Rights | Ghana | There were numerous unsanctioned strike actions during the year, none of which met the requirements for a legal strike detailed in the IRA. (references) |
Fiji | However, because they did not follow the provisions of the law, the Ministry of Labor declared these strikes illegal and ordered the strikers back to work within 24 hours of the strike; the workers complied, and none of the strikes was violent. (references) | |
India | Oswal Fertilizer Ltd.'s (OFL) Diamonium Phosphate fertilizer plant at Paradip, Orissa, began operations in May 2000. Eleven workers died during the plant's construction; an additional 6 persons were killed and 51 others were injured in a series of accidents at the plant between May and September 2000. None of the workers were using safety equipment. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SYLPH, n. An immaterial but visible being that inhabited the air when the air was an element and before it was fatally polluted with factory smoke, sewer gas and similar products of civilization. Sylphs were allied to gnomes, nymphs and salamanders, which dwelt, respectively, in earth, water and fire, all now insalubrious. Sylphs, like fowls of the air, were male and female, to no purpose, apparently, for if they had progeny they must have nested in accessible places, none of the chicks having ever been seen. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Fran Drescher | Well, I had pelvic exams. I had ultrasound. None of the ultrasounds showed a tumor the size of a walnut that was sitting in my uterus. |
Naomi Campbell | None of them and I maintain a friendship because I never speak publicly about them. I just love that they trust me and I love their loyalty. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
George Washington | 1789-1797 | Toward none of the Indian tribes have overtures of friendship been spared. |
Martin van Buren | 1837-1841 | The alleged causes of danger have long surpassed anticipation, but none of the consequences have followed. |
Grover Cleveland | 1885-1889; 1893-1897 | In the meantime, so far as the executive branch of the Government can intervene, none of the powers with which it is invested will be withheld when their exercise is deemed necessary to maintain our national credit or avert financial disaster. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | None of our sons are fighting and dying in battle anywhere in the world. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | There are elements in it, of course, that none of us prefers, but taken together it performs a package that all of us can support. |
George Bush | 1989-1993 | Some of them have noble titles, but none of them is indispensible. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | All of us have made our mistakes, and none of us can change our yesterdays. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "NONE OF": it was none of my doing ♦ it's none of your business! ♦ none of that! ♦ none of them ♦ none of this concerns me ♦ none of us ♦ none of us was there ♦ none of your business! ♦ none of your jaw! ♦ none of your lip! ♦ none of your mouth please! ♦ that's none of your business!. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
none of your business | 11 |
none of the above | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "NONE OF"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | kjo s'është puna juaj (none of your business), kjo nuk më përket (none of this concerns me). (various references) | |
Arabic | لا أحد منا (none of us). (various references) | |
Czech | nic z toho se mne netýká (none of this concerns me), já s tím nemám nic spoleèného (it was none of my doing). (various references) | |
Finnish | hän ei tahdo kuulla siitä puhuttavan (he will have none of it), ei kukaan heistä (none of them). (various references) | |
French | aucun d'entre eux (none of them), aucun de nous (none of us). (various references) | |
German | Keine Unverschämtheiten! (None of your lip!), Das geht Sie nichts an. (That's none of your business., That's nothing to you.), das geht Sie nichts an! (that's none of your business!), das geht dich nichts an (that's none of your business). (various references) | |
Greek | κανένας από αυτούς (none of them). (various references) | |
Hungarian | pofa be! (chuck it!, none of your lip!, none of your sauce!, not so much of it!), ne szemtelenkedj! (none of your impudence!), ne feleselj! (none of your sauce!), egyikük sem (none of them). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 余計なお世話 (it's none of your business, it's not your concern), 大きなお世話 (Don't bother me!, None of your business!), 大きいお世話 (Don't bother me!, None of your business!). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おおきなおせわ (Don't bother me!, None of your business!), おおきいおせわ (Don't bother me!, None of your business!), よけいなおせわ (it's none of your business, it's not your concern). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | onenay ofay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | nada disto me interessa (none of this concerns me). (various references) | |
Romanian | nici unul dintre noi nu era acolo (none of us was there), te rog sã nu fii impertinent (none of your mouth please), fãrã obrãznicii (none of your lip), ce te intereseazã? (it's none of your business), asta nu-i treaba ta (it is no business of yours, it's none of your business). (various references) | |
Russian | ни один из. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | ništa od ovog me se ne tiče (none of this concerns me). (various references) | |
Spanish | nada de esto me importa (none of this concerns me). (various references) | |
Swedish | nu räcker det (none of that), det angår dig inte (none of your business). (various references) | |
Turkish | seni ilgilendirmez (none of your business), sen karışma (none of your business), sana düşmez (none of your jaw), kapa çeneni (dry up, hold your jaw, none of your jaw, shut up, shut your gob, shut your mouth), hiçbiri (neither, no one, none, none of them). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 3, Verse 31 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Mh kthsh kakwn andrwn oneidh mhde zhlwshV taV odouV autwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Ne aemuleris hominem iniustum nec imiteris vias eius |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Ne enuye thou the vnriytwis man, ne folewe thou the weies of hym. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | Have no envy of the violent man, or take any of his ways as an example. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 3, Verse 31 |
| Cebuano | Ayaw kasinahi ang tawo nga malupigon, Ug ayaw pagpilia ang iyang mga dalan. |
| Croatian | Nemoj zavidjeti nasilniku niti slijediti njegove pute, |
| Danish | Misund ikke en Voldsmand, græm dig aldrig over hans Veje; |
| Dutch | Zijt niet nijdig over een man des gewelds, en verkies geen van zijn wegen. |
| Finnish | Älä kadehdi väkivallan miestä äläkä hänen teitänsä omiksesi valitse; |
| French | Ne porte pas envie l`homme violent, Et ne choisis aucune de ses voies. |
| German | Eifere nicht einem Frevler nach und erwähle seiner Wege keinen; |
| Hungarian | Ne irígykedjél az erõszakos emberre, és néki semmi útát ne válaszd. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Jangan iri terhadap orang yang menggunakan kekerasan, dan jangan meniru tingkah laku mereka. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Janganlah engkau dengki akan orang yang menganiaya dan jangan engkau menurut salah suatu jalannya. |
| Italian | Non invidiare l'uomo violento e non imitare affatto la sua condotta, |
| Korean | 포 학 한 자 를 부 러 워 하 지 말 며 그 아 무 행 위 " 지 좇 지 말 라 |
| Maori | Kei hae ki te tangata nanakia, kaua hoki e whiriwhiria tetahi o ona ara. |
| Norwegian | Misunn ikke en voldsmann, og velg ikke nogen av alle hans veier! |
| Portuguese | Não tenhas inveja do homem violento, nem escolhas nenhum de seus caminhos. |
| Rumanian | Nu pizmui pe omul asupritor, wi nu alege niciuna din cqile lui! |
| Russian | оЕ УПТЕЧОХК ЮЕМПЧЕЛХ, ПУФХ БАЭЕНХ ОБУЙМШУФЧЕООП, Й ОЕ ЙЪ'ЙТБК ОЙ П"ОПЗП ЙЪ ХФЕК ЕЗП; |
| Spanish | No envidies al hombre violento, ni escojas ninguno de sus caminos; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-f-n-n-o-o" | |
-2 letters: neon, none, noon. | |
-3 letters: eon, fen, foe, fon, noo, one. | |
-4 letters: ef, en, ne, no, oe, of, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-f-n-n-o-o" | |
+2 letters: forenoon. | |
+3 letters: afternoon, foreknown, forenoons, nonfrozen, nongolfer. | |
+4 letters: afternoons, confection, confession, confounded, confounder, confronted, confronter, festooning, nonferrous, nongolfers, oceanfront. | |
+5 letters: confections, confessions, conformance, confounders, confronters, entomofauna, fomentation, foreknowing, forlornness, francophone, oceanfronts. | |
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