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[ adverb ] not ever; at no time in the past or future

Synonyms

ne'er

Examples

"I have never been to China" "I shall never forget this day" "had never seen a circus" "never on Sunday" "I will never marry you!"

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Although he never gets to play while the clock is running , he gets a big kick - several every Saturday , in_fact - out of football .

I never did miss one in a playoff_game - I kicked about 20 in the five playoff_games my last two years '' .

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

The Bears took the lead in the first inning , as they did in Sunday 's opener , and never lagged .

He said he had never talked to Liston '' .

(The New York Times,...)

The Continental_League never got_off_the_ground , but after two years it forced the existing majors to expand .

Related terms

always

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[ adverb ] not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances

Examples

"never fear" "bringing up children is never easy" "that will never do" "what is morally wrong can never be politically right"

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