no

particle6

1. •
   a refusal, said to show that the speaker will not do, accept or allow something

   • No, you may not watch television now.
   • David, no!
2. •
   an answer saying that something is not true or not right

   • No, you are mistaken.
3. •
   Used to show agreement with a negative question.

   • "Don’t you like milk?" "No." (i.e., "No, I don’t like milk.")
4. •
   Used to express disbelief.

   • I got the job! / No! Really? That's fantastic!
5. •
   Used to express sadness or disappointment.

   • "We lost." "No!"
6. •
   (informal) Used together with an affirmative word or phrase to show agreement.

   • No, totally.
   • No, yeah, that's exactly right.

adverb5

1. •
   Not, not at all.
2. •
   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.
   • I can think of no more deserving cause.
3. •
   (informal) Used idiomatically before certain other adjectives.

   • This thing is no good.
   • The teacher’s decision was no fair.
4. •
   (Scotland, informal) Not.

   • I just want to find out whether she's coming or no.
   • Can ye no help me?
5. •
   (informal, humorous) Not, does not, do not, etc.

   • Ug no like veggie.

determiner4

1. •
   Not any.

   • There is no water left.
   • No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
2. •
   Not any possibility or allowance of (something).

   • No smoking. No parking.
   • There's no stopping her once she gets going.
3. •
   Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.

   • My mother's no fool.
   • Working nine to five every day is no life.
4. •
   Hardly any.

   • We'll be finished in no time at all.
   • Fifty pounds for this is no money, really.

noun2

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. — 1994
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.

preposition2

1. •
   Without.

   • Look Ma, no hands!
2. •
   Like.

verb2

1. •
   (informal) To say “no”.

   • “Heaven knows why a woman ‘Noes’!” / Clarrie nodded glumly. “And why she ‘Yesses’ in the end.” — 1994
2. •
   (informal) To answer with “no”; to decline, reject.

   • BUDGET DIRECTOR SMITH / The President yessed his report […] SENATOR McCARRAN / He noed the President’s report — 1940

adverb1

1. •
   (no longer used) Abbreviation of in number or to the number of.

   • They goe two months, & then bring forth a blind off-spring like bitches, nᵒ. eight or nine. — 1661

noun1

1. •
   Abbreviation of number.

   • The king made a gift of No. 10 to his old Eton roommate.

adjective1

1. •
   Initialism of normally open.