no one

American  

[noh wuhn] / ˈnoʊ ˌwʌn /

Or no-one

pronoun

1. no person; not anyone; nobody.

   No one is home.

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no-one British  

pronoun

1. no person; nobody

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Usage

See each.

Etymology

Origin of no one

First recorded in 1595–1605

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How does no-one compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• no one vs. nobody

Example Sentences

“No one can count their arsenal, which means there’s a lot of uncertainty about how long they can last, which helps them,” said Decker Eveleth, a research analyst with CNA Corp., a Washington think tank.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Melrose Avenue was cool, Helmut Newton was out every night with Annabel Schofield, Greg Gorman, Herb Ritts, Sandra Bernhard, Barbara and Timothy Leary and Tina Chow. We saw a different mix then; it wasn’t just about celebrities. No one wore designer clothes. It was about, ‘Are you cool now?’”

From Los Angeles Times

To this day, by the way, all these months later, no one has ever taken me up on that.

From Slate

You would have an executive that was just on a rampage, with no one willing to stand up.

From Slate

‘No one else has to go around parading their identity on their clothes. So why do we? Why should we have to wear a badge to tell the world we’re Jewish? We’re not even religious. When was the last time we went to synagogue? When did we last say prayers on a Friday night?’

From Literature

Related Words

• nobody