NEVER | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of never in English

(Definition of never from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of never from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of never

never
In males, the paternal genome is completely eliminated from most tissues very early in development but it is never eliminated from the bacteriome.
Such a definition can never be of ultimate importance in any study except lexicography.
There was a budget, but it was never adhered to.
Of these, 7,665 were classified as never smokers, 3,459 were former smokers, and 4,365 were current smokers.
From one human being to another, there can never be an absolute duty of obedience.
Instead, the five spiritual leaders repeated the ritual and the craft was never seen again.
By contrast, there is no closure in the other direction, for, strictly speaking, the conclusion of the deductive process never comes into sight.
They never did, never would, and would never want to.
She says she has no interest in seeing him and, furthermore, that she will never deny that she is not grateful.
You know one thing about a dog: he will never leave the master who has fed him for a stranger.
Other women have what she, a poor working-girl, can never possess.
Never mind the fact that cosmological theorizing in physics refers to events in the past that cannot be observed by us or our descendants.
He is never at a loss for words.
There should be no evers or nevers in our thinking, assessment or calculations.
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There was never just one plate of biscuits, but usually three, as well as a cake.
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Translations of never

in Chinese (Traditional)
從不, 從未, 永不…
in Chinese (Simplified)
从不, 从未, 永不…
in Spanish
nunca…
in Portuguese
nunca, jamais…
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कधीच नाही - एखाद्या वेळी नाही किंवा कोणत्याच प्रसंगी नाही.…
一度も~(し)ない, 全然~(し)ない, 決(けっ)して~ない…
asla, hiç bir zaman, hiç…
jamais…
mai…
nooit…
எந்த நேரத்திலும் இல்லை அல்லது எந்த சந்தர்ப்பத்திலும் இல்லை…
(किसी समय या किसी अवसर में) कभी नहीं…
ક્યારેય, કદાપી, કદી નહિ…
aldrig…
aldrig…
belum pernah…
nie…
aldri…
کبھی نہیں…
ніколи…
никогда, ни разу, совсем…
!TRANSLATE…
أبَدًا…
কখনও নয়, কোনো সময়ে নয় বা কোনো অনুষ্ঠানে নয়…
nikdy…
tidak pernah…
ไม่เป็นอันขาด…
không bao giờ…
nigdy, wcale…
절대 -가 아닌…
mai…
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pseudonym

UK
/ˈsjuː.də.nɪm/
US
/ˈsuː.də.nɪm/

a name someone uses instead of their real name, especially on a written work

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