never
English
/ˈnɛv.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈnɛ.vɚ/
adv
Definitions
- at no At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
- Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.
- (colloquial) Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English nevere inherited from Old English nǣfre (never) compound from English ne (not) + English ever.
Origin
English
ever
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Never Trump English
- Never Trumper English
- dying English
- ending English
- ever English
- ever-watchful English
- everbearing English
- everbloomer English
- everblooming English
- everchanging English
- everclear English
- evercookie English
- everfleeing English
- everflowing English
- evergreen English
- everlast English
- everlasting English
- everliving English
- everloving English
- evermore English
- evermoving English
- everness English
- evershifting English
- everwatchful English
- everwhat English
- everwhen English
- everwhere English
- everwhich English
- everwho English
- every English
- fade English
- forever English
- however English
- land English
- later English
- less English
- mind English
- more English
- ne English
- never-dying English
- never-nude English
- never-wozzer English
- neverending English
- neverendingly English
- neverfade English
- neverland English
- nevermind English
- neverness English
- neversmoker English
- neverthelater English
- nevertheless English
- neverthemore English
- neverthriving English
- neverwet English
- nill English
- no English
- nude English
- smoker English
- soever English
- the English
- thriving English
- was English
- wet English
- whencever English
- wherever English
- whichever English
- whitherever English
- whoever English
- whomever English
- whoseever English
- whyever English
- ever German
- nie German
- niemals German
- nessuno Italian
- οὐ Ancient Greek
- τόπος Ancient Greek
- næfre Old English
- nǣfre Old English
- evere Middle English
- ne Middle English
- never the more Middle English
- nevere Middle English
- nevertheles Middle English
- neni- Esperanto
- neveare Yola
- no
- ne
- wet
- the
- was
- nude
- fade
- nill
- mind
- land
- ever
- more
- less
- dying
- later
- every
- smoker
- soever
- ending
- however
- forever
- whoever
- whyever
- everwho
- neverwet
- wherever
- thriving
- evermore
- everwhen
- everwhat
- everness
- whomever
- everlast
- neverfade
- nevermind
- everwhere
- everwhich
- whencever
- whichever
- neverland
- everclear
- evergreen
- neverness
- whoseever
- evermoving
- never-nude
- everloving
- evercookie
- everliving
- everlasting
- never-dying
- everbloomer
- everbearing
- everfleeing
- neverending
- Never Trump
- everflowing
- whitherever
- neversmoker
- nevertheless
- everwatchful
- everblooming
- neverthemore
- never-wozzer
- evershifting
- everchanging
- neverthelater
- ever-watchful
- neverthriving
- neverendingly
- Never Trumper