{
    "term": "no",
    "partOfSpeech": "exclamation",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "used to give a negative reply or statement",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Just say yes or no."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Are you ready?’ ‘No, I'm not.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sorry, the answer's no."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Another drink?’ ‘No, thanks.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's about 70—no, I'm wrong—80 kilometres from Rome."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No! Don't touch it! It's hot."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘It was Tony.’ ‘No, you're wrong. It was Ted.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘It's not very good, is it?’ ‘No, you're right, it isn't *(= I agree)*.’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "used to express shock or surprise at what somebody has said",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘She's had an accident.’ ‘**Oh no!**’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘I'm leaving!’ ‘No!’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to refuse to accept that somebody does not want something, will not do something, etc.",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "You're coming and I won't take no for an answer!"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used when you cannot give a clear answer to a question",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "‘Are you enjoying it?’ ‘Yes and no.’"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nəʊ/",
                "audio": "no/no/no__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/nəʊ/",
                "audio": "no/no/no__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English nō, nā (adverb), from ne ‘not’ + ō, ā ‘ever’. The determiner arose in Middle English (originally before words beginning with any consonant except h-), reduced from non, from Old English nān, from ne ‘not’ + ān ‘one’, of Germanic origin."
}