Never

Adverb

 * 1) At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
 * I finally finished, and I never want to do that again.
 * I repeated the test a hundred times, and never saw a positive result.
 * I will never tell.
 * 1) * 1634, William Shakespeare, John Fletcher, The Two Noble Kinsmen, Act 2, Scene 4,
 * Why should I love this Gentleman? Tis odds / He never will affect me;
 * 1) * 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XXI: A New Departure in Flavorings,
 * "I never thought you were so fond of Mr. Phillips that you'd require two handkerchiefs to dry your tears just because he was going away," said Marilla.
 * 1) * 1919, B. G. Jefferis, J. L. Nichols, Searchlights on Health: Sensible Rules for the Nurse,
 * Never speak of the symptoms of your patient in his presence, unless questioned by the doctor, whose orders you are always to obey implicitly.
 * 1) Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.
 * 2) * 1601 Novenber 30, Elizabeth I of England, Elizabeth I's Farewell Speech,
 * There is no jewel, be it of never so rich a price, which I set before this jewel: I mean your love.
 * 1) * 1813, Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice, Chapter 4,
 * "He is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!--so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!"
 * 1) * 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XIII: The Delights of Anticipation,
 * I never saw such an infatuated man.
 * 1)  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!

Antonyms

 * always

Derived terms

 * better late than never
 * never again
 * never-ending
 * never in a month of Sundays
 * never mind
 * nevermore


 * neverness
 * never say never
 * nevertheless
 * on the never never
 * you never know

Thesaurus
God forbid, at no hand, at no time, au contraire, by no means, far from it, in no case, in no respect, in no way, in no wise, never on earth, nevermore, no matter what, nohow, not, not a bit, not a jot, not a speck, not a whit, not an iota, not at all, not ever, not much, not nearly, noway, noways, nowhere near, nowise, on no account, on no condition, on no occasion, quite the contrary, to the contrary, under no circumstances

Etymology
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Translations

 * Afrikaans: nooit
 * Albanian: kurrë, asnjëherë
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Basque: inoiz ez
 * Belarusian: ніколі
 * Bosnian: ,
 * Breton:, ,
 * Bulgarian: (not to be used with past simple tense),  нивга (not to be used with past simple tense), така и (not to be used with future tenses)
 * Catalan: mai
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 從未, 从未,, , ,
 * Croatian: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: iial, eales
 * Ewe: gbeɖe
 * Finnish: (negation verb +), (negation verb +) ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: არასოდეს, არასდროს, ვერასოდეს, ვერასდროს
 * German:, , nimmer
 * Greek:
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: कभी नहीं
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: nultempe
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: ariamh,
 * Irish: ariamh,


 * Italian: ,
 * Japanese: 決して, 何時でも, 曾て, 万々
 * Khmer: មិនដែល
 * Korean: 절대로, 결코
 * Kurdish:
 * Kurmanji: qet, ticar, hîç (carekê jî)
 * Sorani:, ,
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: nekad
 * Lithuanian:
 * Mongolian: хэзээ ч үгүй
 * Nahuatl: ayouica
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Old French: ,
 * Persian: هیچ وقت, هرگز
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,
 * Serbian:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Roman: nikad
 * Slovene: nikoli, nikdar
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: ніколи
 * Urdu: کبھی نہیں
 * Vietnamese: không bao giờ
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:
 * Urdu: کبھی نہیں
 * Vietnamese: không bao giờ
 * Welsh:
 * West Frisian:

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