NO-NONSENSE

Meaning of NO-NONSENSE in English

ˌno-ˈnonsense BrE AmE adjective [only before noun]

very practical and direct, without wasting time on unnecessary things SYN down-to-earth :

his no-nonsense attitude to business

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

NO-NONSENSE — adjective Date: 1855 tolerating no nonsense ; serious , businesslike
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
NO-NONSENSE — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from the phrase no nonsense : tolerating no nonsense : not frivolous : serious , businesslike the …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
NO-NONSENSE — /noh"non"sens, -seuhns/ , adj. 1. not tolerating anything frivolous or trifling; firm and businesslike: a no-nonsense approach to money matters; …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NO-NONSENSE — Date: 1855 : tolerating no nonsense : serious , businesslike a no-nonsense manager
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NO-NONSENSE — Function: adjective Date: 1855 : tolerating no nonsense : SERIOUS , BUSINESSLIKE <a no-nonsense manager>
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
NO-NONSENSE — ■ adjective simple and straightforward; sensible.
Concise Oxford English vocab
NO-NONSENSE — [no-nonsense] adj (1928): tolerating no nonsense: serious, businesslike
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NO-NONSENSE — no-nonsense BrE AmE ˌnəʊ ˈnɒn t s ə n t s ◂ AmE \ ˌnoʊ ˈnɑːn sen t s ◂ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NO-NONSENSE — adjective [ only before noun ] simple and direct; only paying attention to important and necessary things
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO-NONSENSE — 1. If you describe someone as a no-nonsense person, you approve of the fact that they are efficient, direct, and …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO-NONSENSE — 1. If you describe someone as a ~ person, you approve of the fact that they are efficient, direct, and …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
NO-NONSENSE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN approach ▪ In his defence, Souness believes his no-nonsense approach has made him a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NO-NONSENSE — Function: adjective Synonyms: SERIOUS 1, earnest, grave, sedate, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber, staid, weighty
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NO-NONSENSE — adjective Synonyms: serious 1, earnest, grave, sedate, sober, sobersided, solemn, somber, staid, weighty
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
NO-NONSENSE — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
NO-NONSENSE — adj. No-nonsense is used with these nouns: ↑ approach , ↑ manner
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NO-NONSENSE — See ↑ SENSIBLE 1
Longman Activator English vocab
NO NONSENSE — serious, not joking, strictly business Gil is a very serious person - a no-nonsense kind of guy.
English Idioms vocab
NO NONSENSE — serious, not joking, strictly business Gil is a very serious person - a no-nonsense kind of guy.
English Idioms vocabulary
NO-NONSENSE — прил. деловой, серьезный Syn : serious, earnest серьезный, деловой - * manner of a prosecuting attorney строгая прокурорская манера - …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
NO-NONSENSE — a серьёзный, деловой no-nonsense manner of a prosecuting attorney - строгая прокурорская манера no-nonsense attitude - строгое /требовательное/ отношение; нетерпимость …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
NO-NONSENSE — прил.деловой, серьезный Syn:serious, earnest
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
NO NONSENSE — (a) деловой; серьезный
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
NO-NONSENSE — a серьёзный, деловой ~ manner of a prosecuting attorney - строгая прокурорская манера ~ attitude - строгое /требовательное/ отношение; нетерпимость …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
NO-NONSENSE — a серьёзный, деловой no-nonsense manner of a prosecuting attorney - строгая прокурорская манера no-nonsense attitude - строгое /требовательное/ отношение; нетерпимость …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
NO-NONSENSE — прил. деловой, серьезный Syn: serious , earnest
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
NO-NONSENSE — прил. деловой, серьезный Syn: serious, earnest
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
NO-NONSENSE — _a. серьезный, деловой
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - 24 редакция
NO-NONSENSE — a. серьезный, деловой
Англо-Русский словарь Мюллера - редакция bed
NO-NONSENSE — прил. деловой, серьезный Syn : serious, earnest серьезный, деловой - * manner of a prosecuting attorney строгая прокурорская манера - …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
NONSENSE — I. ˈnänˌsen(t)s, -_sən- noun 1. a. : something that is not sense or has no sense : words or language …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
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Webster's New International English Dictionary
NONSENSE — — nonsensical /non sen"si keuhl/ , adj. — nonsensically , adv. — nonsensicalness, nonsensicality , n. /non"sens, -seuhns/ , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NO — no 1 /noh/ , adv., adj., n., pl. noes, nos , v. adv. 1. (a negative used to express dissent, …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
NONSENSE — I. ˈnän-ˌsen(t)s, ˈnän(t)-sən(t)s noun Date: 1614 1. a. : words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NO — I. ˈnō adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English nā, from ne not + ā always; akin to Old Norse …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
NONSENSE — noun trifles; things of no importance. 2. nonsense ·noun that which is not sense, or has no sense; words, or …
Webster English vocab
NONSENSE — [non.sense] n (1614) 1 a: words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas b (1): language, conduct, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
NONSENSE — nonsense BrE AmE ˈnɒn t s ə n t s AmE \ ˈnɑːn sen t s ˈnɑːn t s ə …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
NONSENSE — / ˈnɒnsns; NAmE ˈnɑːnsens; -sns/ noun 1. [ U , C ] ideas, statements or beliefs that you think are …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — / nəʊ; NAmE noʊ/ exclamation , determiner , adverb , noun ■ exclamation 1. used to give a negative reply …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NONSENSE — non ‧ sense S3 /ˈnɒns ə ns $ ˈnɑːnsens/ BrE AmE noun [uncountable] [ Word Family: adjective : ↑ sensible …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NO — I. no 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: na , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
NONSENSE — n. 1 a (often as int.) absurd or meaningless words or ideas; foolish or extravagant conduct. b an instance of …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adv. & n. --adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
NONSENSE — n. 1 a (often as int.) absurd or meaningless words or ideas; foolish or extravagant conduct. b an instance of …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adv. & n. adv. 1 equivalent to a negative sentence: the answer to your question is negative, your request or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NO — adj. 1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
NONSENSE — n.1 a (often as int.) absurd or meaningless words or ideas; foolish or extravagant conduct. b an instance of this. …
Oxford English vocab
NO — 1. adj.1 not any (there is no excuse; no circumstances could justify it; no two of them are alike). 2 …
Oxford English vocab
NONSENSE — 1. If you say that something spoken or written is nonsense , you mean that you consider it to be …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NO — ( noes, or no’s) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
NONSENSE — noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES arrant nonsense! ▪ What arrant nonsense! stands no nonsense ▪ She’s a strong woman who …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
NONSENSE — [noun], [exclamation] - an idea, something said or written, or behaviour which is foolish or ridiculousHe said that the report …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
NONSENSE — See: STUFF AND NONSENSE.
Slang English vocab
NONSENSE
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
NONSENSE
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
NONSENSE — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute , arrant ( old-fashioned ), complete , pure , sheer , total , utter ▪ Most …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
NO — INDEX: 1. ways of saying no to a question, request, or suggestion 2. to say no to a question, request …
Longman Activator English vocab
NONSENSE — n. 25B6; noun he was talking nonsense : RUBBISH, balderdash, gibberish, claptrap, blarney, blather, garbage; informal hogwash, rot, guff, baloney, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Oxford Thesaurus English vocab

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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