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never

  • adverb
  • nev·er
  • /ˈnɛv.ə/

At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.

Example

“I finally finished, and I never do wanna do it again.”

Other meanings

  1. Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.

  2. Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).

    “The police say I stole the car, but I never did it.”

Example sentences

  • “A billion international auxiliary languages is never enough.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “The apple never falls far from the tree.”

    Tatoeba · AmarMecheri · CC0

  • “I could never really get into jazz.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Word history

From Old English "nǣfre".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “never” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.