Definition of 'never'
3.
See never ever
5. exclamation
6. exclamation
7.
8. never fear
9. never mind
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never in British English
exclamation
▶ USAGE In informal speech and writing, never can be used instead of not with the simple past tenses of certain verbs for emphasis (I never said that; I never realized how clever he was), but this usage should be avoided in serious writingCollins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Word origin
Old English nǣfre, from ne not + æfre evernever in American English
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never in American English
(ˈnevər)
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[bef. 900; ME; OE nǣfre, equiv. to ne not + ǣfre ever]Examples of 'never' in a sentence
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never
- American English: never /ˈnɛvər/
- Arabic: أبداً
- Brazilian Portuguese: nunca
- Chinese: 决不
- Croatian: nikada
- Czech: nikdy
- Danish: aldrig
- Dutch: nooit
- European Spanish: nunca
- Finnish: ei koskaan
- French: jamais
- German: nie
- Greek: ποτέ
- Italian: mai
- Japanese: ・・・したことがない
- Korean: 결코 ...않다
- Norwegian: aldri
- Polish: nigdy
- European Portuguese: nunca
- Romanian: niciodată
- Russian: никогда
- Latin American Spanish: nunca
- Swedish: aldrig
- Thai: ไม่เคย
- Turkish: asla
- Ukrainian: ніколи
- Vietnamese: không bao giờ
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