Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable)In no place.

    Nowhere did the rules say anything about popcorn.

    The keys are nowhere in the house.

    nirgendwo, nirgends

    нигде́nigdé

    ніде́nidé

    not anywhere; in or at or to no place

  2. (not comparable)To no place.

    We sat in traffic, going nowhere.

    If you forget to do this, your interlock circuit won't be made and you'll be going nowhere.

    nirgendwohin, nirgendshin

    никуда́nikudá

    нікуди́nikudý

Examples

470 sentences
  1. Tom said he had nowhere to go.

    Том сказав, що йому немає куди йти.

    ruТом сказал, что ему некуда идти.

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  2. Tom is nowhere to be found.

    Тома ніде немає.

    deTom ist nirgendwo zu finden.

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  3. Tom is nowhere to be seen.

    Тома ніде не видно.

    ruТома нигде не видно.

    deTom ist nirgendwo zu sehen.

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  4. Tom has nowhere to run to.

    Тому немає куди бігти.

    ruТому некуда бежать.

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  5. I live in the middle of nowhere.

    Я живу в чорта на куличках.

    ruЯ живу у чёрта на куличках.

    deIch wohne irgendwo im Nirgendwo.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
in no place:
to no place:
Русский
By meaning 2
in no place:
to no place:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
in no place:
to no place:

Origin

From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface a

From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where.

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Collocations

12 patterns
  • middle of nowhere
  • have nowhere to
  • there's nowhere else
  • nowhere else to
  • nowhere to go
  • nowhere else
  • nowhere near
  • got nowhere
  • nowhere to hide
  • have nowhere else
  • is nowhere near
  • out of nowhere

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
nowhere — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto