Meaning

1 senses
  1. (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary)Did not; didn't.

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

  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

  3. You'll never know unless you try.

    Не дізнаєшся, якщо не спробуєш. — deniko

    ruНе узнаешь, пока не попробуешь. — afyodor

  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

  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

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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Forms

nevers, nevering, nevered, nevered
Base formnever · to never
3rd person singularnevers
Present participlenevering
Past simplenevered
Past participlenevered

regular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theynever
he, she, itnevers

Past simpleLesson

all personsnevered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave nevered
he, she, ithas nevered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill never

Antonyms

2 antonyms

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

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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