never meaning
EN[ˈnɛv.ə(ɹ)] [ˈnɛ.vɚ, ˈnɛvɚ̹] [-ɛvə(ɹ)]UK US
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- Never may refer to:
- Adverb
- At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
- Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.
- (colloquial) 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.
- You said you were going to mow the lawn today. – I never!
- At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
- More Examples
- 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."
- 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.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of never in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adverbs
- Time adverbs
- Frequency adverbs
- Frequency adverbs
- Uncomparable adverbs
- Time adverbs
- Adverbs
- en nevertheless
- en nevermore
- en neverwet
- en neverfade
- en neverness
Source: Wiktionary