quantifier; used with either mass nouns or plural count nouns for indicating a complete or almost complete lack or zero quantity of
"we have no bananas"; "no eggs left and no money to buy any"; "have you no decency?"; "did it with no help"; "I'll get you there in no time"
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(used with singular count nouns) colloquial for `not a' or `not one' or `never a'
"heard nary a sound"
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not any
"thou shalt have none other gods before me"
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having no measurable or otherwise determinable value
"the goal is zero population growth"