never

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Pronunciation

  • Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈnɛv.ə(ɹ)/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛvə(ɹ)
  • Hyphenation: nev‧er

Etymology

From Middle English nevere, navere, nævere, from Old English nǣfre (“never”), equivalent to ne +‎ ever.

Adverb

never (not comparable)

  1. At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
    • 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;
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
      In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    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.
  2. Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.
  3. (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!

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Latvian

Verb

never

  1. (deprecated template usage) 2nd person singular present indicative form of nevērt
  2. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular present indicative form of nevērt
  3. (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural present indicative form of nevērt
  4. (deprecated template usage) 2rd singular imperative form of nevērt
  5. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person singular imperative form of nevērt
  6. (with the particle lai) (deprecated template usage) 3rd person plural imperative form of nevērt

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

never m

  1. indefinite plural of neve

Romansch

Alternative forms

  • (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) naiver
  • (Sursilvan, Surmiran) neiver

Etymology

From neiv or from Vulgar Latin *nivicō, *nivicāre < *nivō, nivāre, from Latin nix, nivis, from Proto-Indo-European *nígʷʰs, *snígʷʰs (“snow”).

Verb

never

  1. (Sutsilvan) to snow

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