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English

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   Cardinal:zero
   Ordinal:zeroth
   Abbreviated ordinal:0th
   Adverbial:never

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishnevere,navere,nævere, fromOld Englishnǣfre(never), equivalent tone +‎ever.

Pronunciation

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Adverb

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never (notcomparable)

  1. At no time; on nooccasion; in nocircumstance.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:never
    I finally finished, and Inever do wanna do it again.
    We were at the same college, but happenednever to meet.
    I'llnever not like you.
  2. Not at anyother time; not on any other occasion; notpreviously.
  3. (colloquial) Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also usedabsolutely).
    The police say I stole the car, but Inever did it.
    You said you were going to mow the lawn today. – Inever!
    • 1905, E. W. Horning,A Thief in the Night:
      "You'renever going to break in?"
      "This instant, if you'll, help me; in five or ten minutes, if you won't."
    • 1976, “C.B. Savage”, performed by Rod Hart:
      Well I looked at Jay and I said "hey, did you hear what I just heard?"
      He nodded his head and his face turned red and henever said a word

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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Translations

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at no time

Verb

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never

  1. (Manglish,Singlish,auxiliary) Did not;didn't.
    Antonyms:(Singlish)got,ever
    • 2007, Elangovan,P, Singapore,→ISBN,→OCLC, page85:
      I told him to go to Woodlands to buy durian for me. He came back and said no durian. But hesome more said-ah, hegot see people selling durian in Bukit Timah. I ask him-ah. Why younever buy from Bukit Timah.
    • 2018,Jean Tay,Sisters & Senang: The Island Plays, Epigram Books,→ISBN, Scene 12, page73:
      That's what he said. But Inever see anything. Maybe it's an invisible dog. Or very good at hiding.

Interjection

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never

  1. A statement of defiance
    ‘Guess what, I've won the pools!’ ‘Never!’

Derived terms

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Anagrams

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Latvian

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Verb

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never

  1. inflection ofnevērt:
    1. second/third-personsingularpresentindicative
    2. third-personpluralpresentindicative
    3. second-personsingularimperative
  2. (with the particlelai)third-personsingularimperative ofnevērt
  3. (with the particlelai)third-personpluralimperative ofnevērt

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Norsenæfr.

Noun

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never f orm (definite singularneverenornevra,indefinite pluralnevrerornevre,definite pluralnevrene)

  1. birchbark

Etymology 2

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Noun

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never m

  1. indefiniteplural ofneve

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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  • næver(old spelling, pronunciation spelling)

Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Norsenæfr. CompareSwedishnäver.

Noun

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never f (definite singularnevra,indefinite pluralnevrarornevrer,definite pluralnevraneornevrene)

  1. birchbark

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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Romansch

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Verb

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never

  1. (Sutsilvan)alternative form ofnaiver(tosnow)

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