no-one

noˈ-one noun and pronoun

Nobody

● no

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no-one variant UK US

Main entry: no one

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no one, or no-one «NOH _WUHN, -wuhn», pronoun.

no person; nobody: »

No one can leave the classroom without permission.

Usage See none for usage note. (Cf. ↑none)

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No-one or nobody means `not a single person', or `not a single member of a particular group'. There is no difference in meaning between no-one and nobody.

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No-one can also be written no one. Nobody is always written as one word.

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You use a singular form of a verb with no-one or nobody.

A drum of chemicals exploded but no-one was killed.

Nobody knows where he is.

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◊ WARNING

You do not usually use any other negative word after no-one or nobody. You do not say, for example, `No-one didn't come'. You say `No-one came'.

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Similarly, you do not use no-one or nobody as the object of a sentence which already has a negative word in it. You do not say, for example, `We didn't see no-one'. You say `We didn't see anyone' or `We didn't see anybody'.

You mustn't tell anyone.

He didn't trust anybody.

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◊ WARNING

You do not use `of' after no-one or nobody. You do not say, for example, `No-one of the children could speak French'. You say `None of the children could speak French'.

None of the women I spoke with regretted making this change.

It was something none of us could possibly have guessed.

See entry at ↑ none.

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