No.
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "no"
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowing of the Latin scribal abbreviation No. from (in) numerō (“in number, to the number of”). Cognate with French no.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adverb
[edit]No. (not comparable)
Noun
[edit]No. (plural Nos.)
- Abbreviation of number.
- 1753, A Supplement to Mr Chambers's Cyclopaedia, s.v. "Otis":
- See Tab. of Birds, No 28.
- 1840 February 4, Charles Dickens, letter:
- I am curious to see how the idea of the first No. of my projected work, strikes you.
- 1974, Michael Gilbert, Flash Point, page 14:
- It's No. 276 Coalporter Street.
- The king made a gift of No. 10 to his old Eton roommate.
- 1753, A Supplement to Mr Chambers's Cyclopaedia, s.v. "Otis":
Usage notes
[edit]This is the customary abbreviation for number used in case citations.
Synonyms
[edit]Translations
[edit]abbreviation of "number"
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References
[edit]- “No., adv.³ and n.².”, in OED Online , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
- The Bluebook, 19th ed. (2010), "Case Names and Institutional Authors in Citations", Table T6, pp. 430-431.
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