/ˈnəʊ wʌn/
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Translation
Not one person; nobody.
Word origin
A compound of no and one, written as no one or no-one; British English often keeps the hyphen.
- Origin
- English
- Root
- no + one
Examples
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No-one means the same as nobody; it is also written as two words, no one.
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No-one takes a singular verb, so we say no-one knows, not no-one know.
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No-one else means not any other person.
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