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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /nəʊp/ ''(UK)''; /noʊp/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is an emphatic form of [[no]], the -p representing the sound of the lips closing after the vowel.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ No: 1888, in American English.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is informal and was originally American.^(SOED 2002)^(Collins 2023) Compare [[yep]], formed in the same way from [[yes]].^(Barnhart 1988)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1888 – nope.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adverb===

+ # ''(informal)'' No.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[no]]

+ * [[yep]]

+ * [[yes]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A separate, dialectal nope, the bullfinch, is from 1611, apparently from an alp with the n moved across (''an alp'' → ''a nalp'').^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}