The meaning of NONE is not any. How to use none in a sentence.
None of something means not even a small amount of it. None of a group of people or things means not even one of them.
No and none of are determiners. None is a pronoun. No, none and none of indicate negation. …
It is true that none is etymologically derived from the Old English word ān, "one," but the word has been used as both a singular and a plural since the ninth century.
From Middle English none, noon, non (“not one”), from Old English nān (“not one, not any, none”), from Proto-West Germanic *nain, from Proto-Germanic *nainaz (“none, nought, nothing”), equivalent to ne (“not”) + one.
NONE definition: not one. See examples of none used in a sentence.
There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun none, one of which is labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
You use none of before a plural noun or pronoun and a singular verb: None of us is able to escape the consequences of our actions. In informal English, people often use a plural verb after none of: None of us care what happens to him.
Since none has the meanings "not one'' and "not any,'' some insist that it always be treated as a singular and be followed by a singular verb: The rescue party searched for survivors, but none was found. However, none has been used with both singular and plural verbs since the 9th century.