None | Mean of none in English Dictionary

/ˈnʌn/

• not any of a group of people or things
1. None of this was necessary.
2. Why are all the guests standing in the kitchen and none sitting in the living room?
3. Half a piece is better than none.
4. The frozen yogurt tastes like ice cream but has none of the fat (that ice cream has).
5. Though the languages are related they share almost/virtually none of the same vocabulary.
6. None of it is finished yet.
7. “Can I have some soup?” “I'm afraid there's none left.” [=there is no more soup; no soup remains]
8. None of the birds was/were singing.
9. Of all the competitions, none is/are more important than this one. = Of all the competitions, there is/are none as important as this one.
10. To cut back on cholesterol my doctor said I should eat less meat or none at all.
11. “You have no doubts?” “None whatsoever.”
12. This is none of your affair/business. [=you should not interfere in this situation; it is not proper for you to say, do, or ask anything about this]
• to refuse to accept, allow, or be influenced by (a particular behavior)
1. I will have none of that kind of talk in my house.
2. The group petitioned to have the votes counted again, but the government would have none of that.
3. They begged their mother to take them out for ice cream, but she was having none of it.
• no person or kind of person except
1. a sport for none but the most brave
2. It was a request that none but the most coldhearted (person) could refuse.

• better than all others of the same kind
1. His cakes are second to none. [=the cakes he makes are better than all other cakes]
2. The city's public transportation system is second to none.
• not at all
1. He was none too happy [=not happy at all] about the situation.
2. She was none too pleased.
3. The firefighters reached the burning house none too soon. [=they reached it just in time to prevent something bad from happening]