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no

From Wiktionary
no is on the Basic English 850 List.
night - no - noise
no is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
nine - no - non

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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Positive
no

Comparative
none

Superlative
none

  1. Used to disagree or refuse; to say something different from what the other person said.
    No, I do not fish.
    No, I still have some things to do first.
  2. Used to agree with the negative side of a negative question.
    Isn't the door locked? No, the door is not locked. We can go in.

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Determiner

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Determiner
no

  1. (definite) Not any.
    There is no water left.
    No hot dogs were sold yesterday.
  2. (definite) Not any possibility or allowance of (doing something). You can't.
    No smoking.
    There's no stopping her once she gets going.
  3. (definite) Not (a); not properly, not really; not fully.
    My mother's no fool.
    Working nine to five every day is no life.
  4. Not.
    He's no better off.
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