noes
UK/nəʊz//noʊz/
noes is the plural of no.
noes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of no.
Meaning of no
Noun
- A negating expression; an answer that shows disagreement, denial, refusal, or disapproval.
- Q: I'll answer any ten questions that call for a yes or a no.1994, Brannon Braga, Ronald D. Moore, “All Good Things...”, in Star Trek: The Next Generation, season 7, episodes 25-26, John de Lancie (actor)
- A vote not in favor, or opposing a proposition.
- The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty yeses and two nos.
Forms of noes
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Phrases with noes
Words that rhyme with noes
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- interpose
- propose
- gloze
- oppose
- disclose
- foreclose
- prose
- snows
- turn up one's nose
- unclose
- adipose
- appose
- arose
- chose
- counterpose
- croze
- decompose
- doze
- enclose
- froze
- hoes
- knows
- adoze
- apollos
- beaus
- beprose
- blows
- bose
- bros
- châteaux
- cloze
- coze
- crows
- does
- dos
- doughs
- fallows
- fellows
- flows
- foes
- follows
- foredispose
- frows
- glows
- goes
- grows
- hard-nose
- hollows
Questions about noes
- What is noes the plural of?
- Noes is the plural of no.
- How do you pronounce noes?
- Noes is pronounced /nəʊz/ (UK).
Words near noes in the dictionary
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