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never

AdverbVerbInterjektionTop 1 000 in Filmdialogen

  • Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈnɛv.ə//
  • Kanada//ˈnɛv.ɚ//

At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.

Adverb

  1. 1

    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.

    I'll never not like you.

    Why should I love this Gentleman? Tis odds / He never will affect me;

  2. 2

    Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.

    There is no jewel, be it of never so rich a price, which I set before this jewel: I mean your love.

    "He is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!--so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!"

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

  3. 3

    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!

    "You're never going to break in?" "This instant, if you'll, help me; in five or ten minutes, if you won't."

    Well I looked at Jay and I said "hey, did you hear what I just heard?" He nodded his head and his face turned red and he never said a word

Herkunft

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

Verb

  1. 1

    Did not; didn't.

    I told him to go to Woodlands to buy durian for me. He came back and said no durian. But he some more said-ah, he got see people selling durian in Bukit Timah. I ask him-ah. Why you never buy from Bukit Timah.

    That's what he said. But I never see anything. Maybe it's an invisible dog. Or very good at hiding.

Interjektion

  1. 1

    A statement of defiance

    ‘Guess what, I've won the pools!’ ‘Never!’

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