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never
[ nev-er ]
adverb
- not ever; at no time:
Such an idea never occurred to me.
- not at all; absolutely not:
never mind;
This will never do.
- to no extent or degree:
He was never the wiser for his experience.
never
/ ˈɛə /
adverb
- at no time; not ever
- certainly not; by no means; in no case
interjection
- Alsowell I never! surely not!
Usage
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of never1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of never1
Idioms and Phrases
- never mind, don't bother; don't concern yourself.
- never cease to amaze. never cease to amaze.
More idioms and phrases containing never
- better late than never
- it never rains but it pours
- lightning never strikes twice
- now or never
- watched pot never boils
- wonders will never cease
- you never can tell
Example Sentences
He is a manager who respects structure, but is never afraid to speak his mind.
I never baked mayonnaise into cakes or slathered it on chicken before roasting.
And while losing money never feels good, financial experts say investors should pause before bailing out.
Why it should infect nations that are prosperous, ostensibly well educated, and with civil societies that have supposedly developed beyond tribal superstition is a mystery that has never been explained.
"That generation - when you consider what they went through for us to have the lifestyle that we've got today, they deserve the recognition which a lot of them never got," he said.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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