Used in a Sentence

none

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for none.

Editorial note

There are a few others that are as good, but none that seem so much better to be worth getting used to.

Examples18
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

To no extent, in no way.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of none gathered in one view.

adverb

To no extent, in no way.

adverb

Not at all, not very.

noun

Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour. [(historical, often capitalized) The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.]

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for none.

adverb

To no extent, in no way.

adverb

Not at all, not very.

noun

Alternative form of nones: the ninth hour after dawn; (Christianity) the religious service appointed to this hour. [(historical, often capitalized) The notional first-quarter day of a Roman month, occurring on the 7th day of the four original 31-day months (March, May, Quintilis or July, and October) and on the 5th day of all other months.]

Example sentences

1

There are a few others that are as good, but none that seem so much better to be worth getting used to.

2

I also work with a lot of non-career programmers, none of which have Ivy degrees (nor do I).

3

Out of the 10 or so people I've interviewed, exactly none of them has gotten past this question.

4

I've used nearly every IDE imaginable and I've found VS's intellisense to be second to none.

5

There are a number of service that have attempted this (Flattr being on the top of my head) but none have made it seamless.

6

Now you're left complaining because none of your favorite sites are around.

7

In 2012, I had ~5 years of experience as a full-time dev, and none of it was in a traditional environment.

8

I was efficient in it, but none of the supposed productivity gains came about.

9

I've worked as a programmer for 3 very good paying companies over 15 years and none of them could get enough good developers.

10

Even in the midst of Enron rising so fast, there were a ton of people who knew something wasn't right and none of them did anything about it.

11

Second of all, all these values depends on 'some' research (which I am sure almost none of us read them thoroughly), and 'some' baseline 'requirements'.

12

Fortunately, none of our lots were affected.

Quote examples

1

Of course, none of this comes "out of the box", but it's interesting to see the two technologies becoming more like each other.

2

There's nothing in the FAQ about the "print area", and none of the photos show the front of the case, leaving me completely in the dark about how serious an issue this is.

3

"Disney uses a mix of Hyperion and RenderMan, as Hyperion is not useable for test renders, as it can take up to 15 minutes until a pixel will appear on the screen, as they trace millions of rays at the same time." None of the things you claim in this sentence are true.

Proper noun examples

1

None of my friends care about games that much, say nothing about even know what an Oculus Rift is.

2

None of light-emitting-diodes, liquid-crystal-displays, or cathode-ray-tubes rely on the photoelectric effect.

3

None of them have a python interpreter so it needs to compile to an.exe I've googled for hours on how to do this with IronPython but the information is incredibly sparse and outdated.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use none in a sentence?

There are a few others that are as good, but none that seem so much better to be worth getting used to.

What does none mean?

To no extent, in no way.

What part of speech is none?

none is commonly used as adverb, noun.