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adverb

non e'er; at no fourth dimension: Such an idea never occurred to me.

not at all; admittedly not: never heed; This will never do.

to no extent or caste: He was never the wiser for his experience.

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Idioms about never

never listen, don't bother; don't business concern yourself.

Origin of never

Get-go recorded before 900; Center English; Old English nǣfre, equivalent to ne "not" + ǣfre "always"

Words nearby never

Nevada, Nevadan, Nevado del Ruiz, névé, Nevelson, never, never a tiresome moment, never-catastrophe, never fear, Never give a sucker an even suspension, never had information technology then good, one

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Words related to never

How to use never in a sentence

• The unproblematic, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.

• He looks like a man who should have had kids, but now never will.

• In an e-mail exchange a friend said many had repeated this aforementioned succinct review just they could never elaborate.

• Meanwhile, almost exactly xxx years later on the trial, the approximate left his abode to board a steamboat and was never heard from over again.

• For many years later on it was a never-ending topic of conversation, and is more or less talked of even to this day.

• Bessires was included because he would never win it at whatsoever later date, but his doglike devotion made him a priceless subordinate.

• At present, it immediately occurred to Davy that he had never in his whole life had all the plums he wanted at any once.

• Arches more graceful in form, or better fitted to defy the assaults of time, I have never seen.

• The policemen looked dull and heavy, every bit if never once more would any one exist criminal, and as if they had come to know information technology.

• The King of Delhi had a hunting-lodge somewhere in the locality, merely he had never seen the place.

British Lexicon definitions for never

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adverb, sentence substitute

at no time; not always

certainly not; past no means; in no example

interjection

Also: well I never! surely not!

Give-and-take Origin for never

One-time English language nǣfre, from ne not + æfre e'er

usage for never

In informal speech and writing, never tin be used instead of not with the simple past tenses of sure verbs for emphasis (I never said that; I never realized how clever he was), only this usage should exist avoided in serious writing

Collins English Lexicon - Complete & Entire 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with never

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In addition to the idioms start with never

• never a dull moment
• never fear
• never give a sucker an even interruption
• never had information technology so good, one
• never hear the end of
• never heed
• never miss a trick
• never put off until tomorrow
• never say dice
• never say never

also see:

• ameliorate tardily than never
• it never rains simply it pours
• lightning never strikes twice
• now or never
• watched pot never boils
• wonders volition never terminate
• yous never tin tell

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