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English

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Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈnɛv.ə(ɹ)/,
  • IPA: /ˈnɛvɚ/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-never.ogg


Etymology

næfre.

Adverb

  1. at|At no time.
  2. : I finally finished, and I never want to do that again.
  3. Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).
  4. * The police say I stole the car, but I never did it.
  5. * You said you were going to mow the lawn today. — I never!


Translations


Derived terms

Category:200 English basic words Category:Time

et:never fa:never fr:never io:never it:never kk:never ku:never hu:never nl:never ja:never pl:never pt:never ru:never simple:never fi:never sv:never ta:never te:never vi:never tr:never zh:never

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Never \Nev"er\ (n[e^]v"[~e]r), adv. [AS. n[=ae]fre; ne not, no +
[=ae]fre ever.]
1. Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past,
present, or future. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]

Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.
--Pope.
[1913 Webster]

2. In no degree; not in the least; not.
[1913 Webster]

Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his
eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the
worse. --South.
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And he answered him to never a word. --Matt. xxvii.
14.
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Note: Never is much used in composition with present
participles to form adjectives, as in never-ceasing,
never-dying, never-ending, never-fading, never-failing,
etc., retaining its usual signification.
[1913 Webster]

Never a deal, not a bit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Never so, as never before; more than at any other time, or
in any other circumstances; especially; particularly; --
now often expressed or replaced by ever so.

Ask me never so much dower and gift. --Gen. xxxiv.
12.

A fear of battery, . . . though never so well
grounded, is no duress. --Blackstone.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet never
adv 1: not ever; at no time in the past or future; "I have never
been to China"; "I shall never forget this day"; "had
never seen a circus"; "never on Sunday"; "I will never
marry you!" [syn: ne'er] [ant: always]
2: not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; "never
fear"; "bringing up children is never easy"; "that will
never do"; "what is morally wrong can never be politically
right"
Moby Dictionary
God forbid , at no hand , at no time , au contraire , by no means ,
far from it , in no case , in no respect , in no way , in no wise ,
never on earth , nevermore , no matter what , nohow , not , not a bit ,
not a jot , not a speck , not a whit , not an iota , not at all ,
not ever , not much , not nearly , noway , noways , nowhere near ,
nowise , on no account , on no condition , on no occasion ,
quite the contrary , to the contrary , under no circumstances


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