Meaning

3 senses

  1. (not comparable)At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.

    I finally finished, and I never do wanna do it again.

    We were at the same college, but happened never to meet.

    nie, niemals, nimmer

    никогда́nikogdá

    ніко́лиnikóly

  2. (not comparable)Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.

    1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XIII: The Delights of Anticipation, I never saw such an infatuated man.

  3. (colloquial, not comparable)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!

More definitions
  • not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; not ever; at no time in the past or future

Examples

25869 sentences

  1. This is never going to end.

    Це ніколи не скінчиться. — Wordowl

    ruЭто никогда не закончится. — Gruzilkin

    deDas wird nie enden. — ludoviko

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  2. You're never too old to learn.

    Вчитися ніколи не пізно. — deniko

    ruУчиться никогда не поздно. — al_ex_an_der

    deEs ist nie zu spät zum Lernen. — MUIRIEL

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  3. You'll never know unless you try.

    Не дізнаєшся, якщо не спробуєш. — deniko

    ruНе узнаешь, пока не попробуешь. — afyodor

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  4. I will never do it again.

    Я більше цього ніколи не робитиму. — deniko

    ruЯ никогда больше этого не сделаю. — odexed

    deIch werde es nie wieder tun. — Wolf

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  5. He never speaks unless spoken to.

    Він ніколи не розмовляє, якщо до нього не звертаються. — deniko

    deEr redet nie, wenn er nicht angesprochen wird. — qweruiop

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
By meaning 1
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Deutsch
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at no time:

Origin

From Middle English nevere, navere, nævere, from Old English nǣfre (“never”), equivalent t

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

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Synonyms

12 synonyms
at latter Lammasat no timenever evernot while pussy's a catsine diewhen Hell freezes overwhen pigs flywhen two Sundays come togetherwhen two Sundays meetne'eron the second Tuesday of the week
Close in meaning
  • not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; not ever; at no time in the past or future:ne'er

Antonyms

8 antonyms
all the timealwaysA1consistentlyconstantlyB1continuallyB1continuouslyB1everA2foreverA2

Word family

27 related words
RelatedfrequencyB1
DerivedneverthelessB1never againnever-dyingnever-endingnever eventneverfadenever fearneverlandnever-marriednevermindnever mindnevermorenevernessnever-nevernever-nudenever-say-dienever-smokernever-sweatneverthelaterneverthemoreneverthrivingneverwetnever-would-benow-or-never

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • never seen seen
  • never done done
  • never going to
  • never seen
  • never heard heard
  • almost never
  • never do that
  • has never been
  • never be able
  • never forget
  • never said said
  • is never going

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
neutralB1neutralityneutralizeC1neutronnevermindneverthelessB1newA1
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