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Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb No.
- adverb And moreover.
- noun A denial or refusal.
- noun A negative vote or voter.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A denial; refusal.
- noun A negative vote; hence, one who votes in the negative: as, the yeas and nays.
- No: an expression of negation or refusal.
- Not only so, but; and not only (that which has just been mentioned), but also; indeed; in point of fact: as, the Lord is willing, nay, he desires, that all should repent.
- to deny; refuse.
- To say nay; refuse.
- To refuse; deny.
- noun A native Egyptian transverse flute, usually with six holes.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Denial; refusal.
- noun A negative vote; one who votes in the negative.
- noun [Obs.] there is no denying it.
- verb obsolete To refuse.
- adverb No; -- a negative answer to a question asked, or a request made, now superseded by
no . Opposed toaye oryea . See alsoyes . - adverb Not this merely, but also; not only so, but; -- used to mark the addition or substitution of a more explicit or more emphatic phrase.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb archaic
no - conjunction
or even ,or more like ,or should I say . Introduces a stronger and more appropriate expression than the preceding one. - noun A
vote against. - noun A person who voted against.
- verb obsolete To
refuse .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb not this merely but also; not only so but
- noun a negative
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Be generic, yea or nay is about the only thing that staffer is going to remember as long as the letter is not crackpot, as you stated.
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Be generic, yea or nay is about the only thing that staffer is going to remember as long as the letter is not crackpot, as you stated.
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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Maybe I'm just sayin 'nay today, but my general impression of these new things is "meh".
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
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The Health Department spokesman sniped back at Connecticut in nay case: "Connecticut has issued no specific advisories for American eel and weakfish, while New York State has issued restrictive advisories for these fish."
Aram Roston: Deadliest Catch Brooklyn Style: The Fish You Catch in New York City Aram Roston 2010
Related Words
synonyms (117)
Words with the same meaning
- Australian ballot
- Hare system
- No
- abnegation
- au contraire
- aye
- ballot
- canvass
- canvassing
- casting vote
- certainly not
- con
- contradiction
- counting heads
- cumulative voting
- deciding vote
- declension
- declination
- declinature
- declining
- denial
- deprivation
- disagreement
- disallowance
- disclaimer
- disclamation
- disobedience
- dissent
- division
- enfranchisement
- fagot vote
- far from it
- franchise
- graveyard vote
- hand vote
- holding back
- indeed
- interest
- list system
- naysaying
- negation
- negative
- negative answer
- negative attitude
- negativeness
- negativism
- negativity
- nein
- nit
- nix
- no
- no such thing
- non
- nonacceptance
- noncompliance
- nonconsent
- nonobservance
- nontransferable vote
- nope
- not
- not a bit
- not a jot
- not a whit
- not really
- not so
- nyet
- plebiscite
- plebiscitum
- plumper
- plural vote
- poll
- polling
- preferential voting
- pro
- proportional representation
- proxy
- quite the contrary
- recantation
- record vote
- referendum
- refusal
- refuse
- rejection
- representation
- repudiation
- retention
- right to vote
- rising vote
- say
- secret ballot
- show of hands
- side
- single vote
- snap vote
- straw vote
- suffrage
- the affirmative
- the negative
- thumbs-down
- to the contrary
- transferable vote
- truly
- turndown
- unwillingness
- verily
- viva voce
- voice
- voice vote
- vote
- voting
- voting right
- withholding
- write-in
- write-in vote
- yea
- yeas and nays
- yes
hypernyms (1)
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cross-references (2)
Cross-references
rhymes (246)
Words with the same terminal sound
- A
- A.
- Bay
- Bombay
- Bua
- Ca
- Cabernet
- Calais
- Cathay
- Chevrolet
- Ciskei
- Clay
- Da
- Day
- Daye
- De
- Deseret
- Dey
- Fay
- Faye
- Fe
- Frey
- Ga
- Galle
- Gay
- Gaye
- Gray
- Grey
- Ha
- Hay
- Hefei
- J
- Jay
- Jose
- K
- K.
- Kay
- Kaye
- Les
- Lyonnais
- Mae
- Manet
- May
- Maye
- Mei
- Millay
- Monet
- Monterey
- Monterrey
- Moray
- Ne
- Ney
- Nikkei
- Nisei
- Ole
- Pei
- Piaget
- Rae
- Ray
- Raye
- Re
- Rea
- Rene
- Renee
- Rey
- Roget
- Schley
- Se
- Shay
- Shea
- Spey
- Sta
- Tay
- Tre
- Trey
- Una
- Uva
- Way
- Wei
- Yay
- a
- a.
- abbe
- aday
- ae
- aka
- allay
- antigay
- array
- asea
- astray
- attache
- away
- ay
- ballet
- bay
- benet
- betray
- bey
- blay
- bouquet
- brae
- bray
- buffet
- ca
- cabaret
- cabernet
- cabriolet
- cache
- cafe
- callais
- cama
- carre
- cay
- chalet
- chez
- clay
- cliche
- communique
- convey
- cray
- crochet
- croquet
- da
- dak
- day
- daye
- de
- decay
- defray
- delay
- dey
- disarray
- dismay
- disobey
- display
- dossier
- dray
- drey
- essay
- everyday
- faraway
- fay
- fey
- fiance
- filet
- fillet
- flay
- francais
- fray
- gay
- gray
- grey
- guay
- ha
- halfway
- hay
- haye
- hey
- hooray
- hurray
- intraday
- j
- jay
- k
- kay
- lait
- lay
- laye
- lei
- les
- ley
- mae
- manet
- may
- mey
- moray
- naivete
- ne
- nisei
- obey
- ok
- okay
- olay
- ole
- one-way
- overplay
- overstay
- papier-mache
- parfait
- parquet
- passe
- pay
- pei
- perrier
- play
- portray
- pray
- prepay
- prey
- puree
- purvey
- quay
- ray
- re
- redisplay
- repay
- replay
- risque
- sachet
- saute
- say
- saye
- shay
- shea
- slay
- sleigh
- soiree
- sorbet
- souffle
- spray
- stay
- stray
- survey
- sway
- tae
- tay
- they
- today
- toupee
- tray
- trey
- underpay
- underplay
- underway
- usa
- valet
- way
- waye
- weigh
- wey
- whey
- wray
- wy
- yay
- yea
bilby commented on the word nay
Variant of ney.
September 29, 2009