nowhere
In no placeIn no place.
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By meaning 2
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Examples
468 sentencesMeaning
2 senses(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 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
- not anywhere; in or at or to no place
Origin
From Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface aFrom Middle English nowher, from Old English nōhwēr, nāhwǣr, from nā- + hwǣr. By surface analysis, no + where.
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A2Something, anything, nothing: some-, any-, no- and every- words — Because the lesson uses it
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 dictionaryDictionary 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.