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never meaning

EN[ˈnɛv.ə(ɹ)] [ˈnɛ.vɚ, ˈnɛvɚ̹] [-ɛvə(ɹ)]
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  • Never may refer to:

    Definition of never in English Dictionary

  • Adverb
    1. At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
      1. Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.
        1. (colloquial) Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).
          1. The police say I stole the car, but I never did it. ‎
          2. You said you were going to mow the lawn today. – I never! ‎
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • He never got promoted because he was always lying down on the job.
          • He ached for her as he'd never ached for any woman.
          • I never shall forget the alacrity with which Johnson answered, striking his foot with mighty force against a large stone, till he rebounded from it, "I refute it thus."
        2. Used in the Beginning of Sentence
          • Never mind about me — you go and I’ll join you later.
          • Never leave a child unattended when you are running him a bath.
          • Never drop crotch to a horizontal limb — the pros call it a bench cut — which will produce more water sprouts than you can count.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Adverbs
          • Time adverbs
            • Frequency adverbs
            • Uncomparable adverbs
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          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of never for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "never" is an adverb, more specifically, a time adverb and an uncomparable adverb.
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