Never

Definition: Never

Never

Adverb

1. Not ever; at no time in the past or future; "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!".

2. Not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances; "never fear"; "bringing up children is never easy"; "that will never do"; "what is morally wrong can never be politically right".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "never" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Literature

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonym: Never

Crosswords: Never

What? Three months at Gitmo, and you've never had a meal (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin)

You the poor kid that never got to go to Exeter or Andover (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Never underestimate the power of denial (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball)

I'm going to give you the choice I never had. (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice)

They are cries that once heard, can never be erased from the memory (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson)

WAS IT THAT I NEVER PAID ENOUGH ATTENTION (Never Ever; performing artist: All Saints)

If I never wake up in the morning (If Tomorrow Never Comes; performing artist: Garth Brooks)

He's never all there (Never all there; performing artist: General Public)

And they could never tear us apart (Never Tear Us Apart; performing artist: INXS)

Oh, no you'll never get me up in one of these again (Clockwork Creep; performing artist: 10CC)

Never do wrong when people are looking. (references; author: Mark Twain)

Never pass up an opportunity to pee. (references; author: unknown)

Never stand between a dog and a tree. (references; author: unknown)

A procrastinator's work is never done. (references; author: unknown)

Life lesson: Never lick a steak knife. (references; author: unknown)

Lesser leather never weathered wetter weather better. (references; author: unknown)

Of all the felt I ever felt, I never felt a piece of felt which felt as fine as that felt felt, when first I felt that felt hat's felt. (references; author: unknown)

Wetter weather never weathered wetter weather better. (references; author: unknown)

Return to Never Land (2002)

Never Forget (1991)

Isoge! Wakamono: Tomorrow Never Waits (1974)

Never Give Up (1974)

You'll Never Walk Alone (1974)

If Tomorrow Never Comes (performing artist: Garth Brooks)

Never A Time (performing artist: Genesis)

NEVER CAN SAY GOODBYE  (performing artist: Gloria Gaynor )

Never (performing artist: Heart)

Never Lie (performing artist: Immature)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Never Be Lied to Again: How to Get the Truth in 5 Minutes or Less in Any Conversation or Situation (reference)

• What They'll Never Tell You About the Music Business: The Myths, Secrets, Lies (& a Few Truths) (reference)

• Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear (reference)

• Never Accept a Gift With Air Holes: Garfield's Holiday Tips & Quips (reference)

• Accustomed As I Am: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Speaker Or, All You'd Never Guess About Public Speaking (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Never Say Never Again (reference)

• The Aristocracy: Never the Same Again 1918-1945 (reference)

• Never Been Kissed (reference)

• Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks (reference)

• The Real World You Never Saw - Chicago (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• There Will Never Be Another You (reference)

• Things That Never Added Up to Me (reference)

• It's Never Too Late to Annoy Your Parents (reference)

• Never Gonna Come Back Down [US CD] [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

• Beginning That Never Began (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech

• Disney's Peter Pan Return to Never Land (reference)

• Tomorrow Never Dies (reference)

  (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods

• Farberware Farberware Never Needs Sharpening 14-Piece High Carbon Stainless Steel Knife Set with Wood Block (reference)

• Sabatier Never Needs Sharpening 4-Piece Steak Knife Set (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Electron micrograph of a negatively stained human papilloma virus (HBV) which occurs in human warts. Warts on the hands and feet have never been known to progress to cancer. However, after many years cervical warts can become cancerous. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

NASA's Hubble Space Telescope is giving astronomers a ringside seat to a never before ... Credit: NASA.

It's a very big universe out there, and an astronomer's work is never done when it comes to ... Credit: NASA.

WEMS - The Women's Emergency Map Service WEMS started as a joke passed to press that ran national article Although never a formal service, women functioned in many C&GS jobs during war By war's end, there was more truth to WEMS than cartoonist had visualized. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Bush plane that will never take off again Triangulation party of Norman Sylar. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

One last pose at the South Pole - Lt. Bortniak never had more hair before or since. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Burial site of an American sailor who never made it home. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth.

Washing down the decks - a mariner's work is never done. Credit: Fisheries.

Figure 11. Lightning sounder, designed in 1866 by Lieutenant Charles C. P. Fitz gerald, RN. This model was used on the LIGHTNING during the Faroe Islands expedition of 1868. It was used for systematic sounding operations in depths up to 1189 meters and according to Charles Wyville Thomson, a mission participant, it never failed despite its primitive and unlikely appearance. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 49. Bamberg sounding machine, devised by Carl Bamberg as a modification of the Thomson piano-wire sounding machine. Thomson placed his model on the CHALLENGER but it was never successfully used there. It was the American vessel s TUSCARORA and BLAKE that ultimately proved the usefulness of wireline sounding . Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Nothing in future shall be given or taken for awrit of inquisition of life or limbs, but freely it shall be granted, and never denied. (reference)

To those that say, there were never any men in the state of nature, I will not only oppose the authority of the judicious Hooker, Eccl. (Second Treatise of Government)

In showing that, under their rule, the modern proletariat never existed, they forget that the modern bourgeoisie is the necessary offspring of their own form of society. (reference)

The world will little note nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. (The Gettysburg Address)

The mines and other immovable property which become the property of the French State may never be made the subject of measures of forfeiture, forced sale, expropriation or requisition, nor of any other measure affecting the right of property. (reference)

All my public life I have worked for a strong France and I never lost faith in her destiny, even in the darkest hours. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Let us never negotiate out of fear. (reference)

We can never be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote. (Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1950)

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I never met with her equal

In another moment down went Alice after it, never once considering how in the world she was to get out again

We have never had any quarrel, to which I have been a party

Earthmen are not proud of their ancestors, and never invite them round to dinner

Like all that pertains to crime, it seemed never to have known a youthful era.

He had never seen anything comparable to it.

And his father had told him if he wanted anything to write home to him and, whatever he did, never to peach on a fellow

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity

[Aside] So wise so young, they say, do never live long

Never did get over it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

I never cook when alone. (references)

Never approach a wild animal. (references)

I never seem to get enough sleep. (references)

Business

Also, the country never had any indigenous car manufacturers. (references)

Selective products can be never sold through kiosks or street markets. (references)

American firms have never really had a presence in the small or medium-size consultancy markets. (references)

Children

San Marino

A 1992 law established guidelines for easier access to public buildings, but it never has been implemented fully. (references)

Uganda

While defilement carries a maximum sentence of death, that punishment never has been meted out to a convicted rapist. (references)

Sweden

Foster parents virtually never receive permission to adopt long-term foster children, even in cases where the parents are seen as unfit or seek no contact with the child. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cote d'Ivoire

They never were charged. (references)

Ghana

Charges were never pressed. (references)

Hong Kong

The national security provision never has been invoked. (references)

Economic History

Burma

Many children never enter primary school. (references)

Zambia

The members of the group were never charged. (references)

Lebanon

Transparency has never been strong in Lebanon. (references)

Human Rights

Congo

Some cases never reach the court system. (references)

Guatemala

Of these cases, 87 percent never go to trial. (references)

Pakistan

This provision never was tested in the courts. (references)

Indigenous People

Brazil

However, legislation regulating mining on indigenous lands pending before the Congress since 1995 has never been passed. (references)

Congo

Many never have heard of the concept of voting and had minimal ability to influence government decisions affecting their interests. (references)

Canada

Native groups in the west that never signed historical treaties continue to claim land and resources, and many continue to seek legal resolution of outstanding issues. (references)

Minorities

Dominican Republic

Since many Haitian parents have never possessed documentation for their own birth, they are unable to demonstrate their own citizenship. (references)

Mauritania

The majority of those known as Black Moors are Haratine, literally meaning "one who has been freed," although some Black Moor families never were enslaved. (references)

Syria

Although the Asad Government stopped the previous practice of stripping Kurds in Syria of their Syrian nationality (some 120,000 lost Syrian nationality under this program in the 1960's), it never restored their nationality. (references)

Political Economy

URUGUAY

Uruguay has never defaulted on its debts. (references)

CHILE

The Central Bank has never exercised this power. (references)

TUNISIA

Tunisia has never requested to rescheduling its debt repayment. (references)

Political Rights

Azerbaijan

Precinct vote totals were never reported. (references)

Angola

The runoff election between Dos Santos and Savimbi was never held. (references)

Burma

A final draft constitution never emerged from the national convention. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

This agreement has never been effectively implemented, however. (references)

Cyprus

In general, there has never been a real problem with credit availability in Cyprus. (references)

Azerbaijan

While legislation in the mid-1990s was to establish a FEZ in Sumgait, this project was never implemented. (references)

Travel

Uae

Never ask about a man's wife. (references)

Colombia

Never hail one on the street. (references)

Costa Rica

One should never leave valuables in the vehicle. (references)

Women

Peru

PROMUDEH and NGO's agree that many domestic abuse cases are never reported. (references)

Central African Republic

In practice many couples never marry formally because men cannot afford the traditional bride payment. (references)

Gabon

Police rarely intervened in such cases, and women virtually never filed complaints with civil authorities. (references)

Worker Rights

Philippines

Some report never being paid at all. (references)

Haiti

Nearly 77 percent of restaveks have never been to school. (references)

Dominica

The Advisory Committee on Safety and Health is an established body but has never met. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "never": Almost never ♦ as never before ♦ barking dogs never bite ♦ be never tired of looking ♦ be never tired of looking at ♦ better late than never ♦ fiddlestick end! fiddlededee! never mind! n'importe! what signifies it ♦ fire that is never quenched ♦ he has never had it so good ♦ he never gets rattled ♦ he never meant it ♦ he will never set the Thames on fire ♦ i have never seen it before ♦ Interjection: never mind ♦ it never entered into one's head ♦ it never rains but it pours ♦ it will never do ♦ let me never set eyes on you again! ♦ misfortunes never come alone ♦ misfortunes never come singly ♦ never a deal ♦ never again ♦ never at a loss ♦ never before ♦ never darken my door again! ♦ never do to others what you would not have them do to ♦ never ending ♦ never fading ♦ never failing ♦ never fear! ♦ never have set foot in a place ♦ never in a million years ♦ never in my life ♦ never indebted ♦ never is a long word ♦ never look a gift horse in the mouth ♦ never mind ♦ never mind! ♦ never more ♦ never nind! ♦ never Offline ♦ never once ♦ never otherwise ♦ never put off till tomorrow what you can do today ♦ never say die ♦ never say die! ♦ never so ♦ never so much as ♦ never the less ♦ never the neer ♦ never thought of ♦ never tiring ♦ never was heard the like ♦ never was known the like ♦ never was seen the like ♦ now or never ♦ old love never dies ♦ September that never ended ♦ that will never do ♦ there never was a greater mistake ♦ were it never so late ♦ what can never be ♦ what You Get Is What You Never Thought You Had ♦ worm that never dies ♦ you can never tell ♦ you never can tell ♦ you never did! ♦ you never know what could happen ♦ you never know what the future will bring. Additional references.

Beginning with "never": never-absent, never-before, never-before-heard, never-before-released, never-before-seen, never-bettered, never-ceasing, never-changing, never-clarified, never-completed, never-consummated, never-discussed, never-disheartened, never-do-a-minute-of-overtime, never-do-well, never-dying, never-easing, never-empty, never-ending, never-ending job, never-ending task, never-endingness, never-ever, never-fading, never-failing, never-falling, never-flagging, never-forgotten, never-green, never-had-it-so-good, never-happening, never-implemented, never-in-a-lifetime, never-married, never-marrying, Never-mind, never-nazi, never-never, never-never land, never-never system, never-never-land, never-never-lands, Never-on-sunday, never-ordained, never-pardon, never-photographed, never-properly-seen, never-quite-finished, never-quite-healed, never-quite-known, never-quite-stated, never-rans, never-referred-to, never-released, never-resting, never-satisfied, never-say-die, never-say-die-ishness, never-seen-before, never-setting, never-sleeping, never-slow-on-the-uptake, never-smokers, Never-stop, never-stopping, never-the-less, Never-to-be, never-to-be-completed, never-to-be-forgotten, never-to-be-repeated, never-to-be-suppressed, never-to-be-written, never-touch-earth, never-touch-woman, never-used, never-very-alert, never-very-fetching, never-was, never-was-been, never-weary.

Ending with "never": never-never.

Containing "never": bond-theme-that-never-was, jump off into never-never land, little-miss-never-forgets, oh-it-will-never-happen-here, wimpy-never-let-anyone-know-that-you-goto-church, woman-who-had-never-had-a.

Albanian

kurrë (at all, ne'er, not in your life), asnjëherë (nevermore). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كلا (both, no), ‏مطلقا (authentically, not in the least, noway), ‏قط (cat, not ever, puss, tomcat), ‏أبدا (always, at all, eternally, ever, no, no way, not a bit, not at all, not in the least, not on your life). (various references)

Basque

inoiz ez. (various references)

Bulgarian 

нито дори, нито (nor), никога (ne'er), нивга, ни (us), изобщо не. (various references)

Catalan

mai. (various references)

Chinese 

從來不 , 從來 (always, at all times), 從不 , 从未, 不曾 . (various references)

Czech

nikdy (ever). (various references)

Danish

aldrig. (various references)

Dutch

nooit, nimmer. (various references)

Esperanto

neniam. (various references)

Faeroese

ongantíð. (various references)

Farsi 

هیچگاه , هیچ وقت , هیچ (Any, Ever, Naught, Nil, Nix, None, Nothing, Nought, Nowise, Whit, Zero), هرگز (Ever, Neer), حاشا (Denial), ابدا (No, None, Nothing, Nowise, Whatsoever, Whit). (various references)

Finnish

ei koskaan. (various references)

French

jamais. (various references)

Frisian

nea. (various references)

German

niemals (ne'er, not for a moment), nie (ne'er, not for a moment), nimmer. (various references)

Greek 

ποτέ (at no point, at no time, ever). (various references)

Haitian Creole

janm. (various references)

Hawaiian

kurrë, asnjëherë. (various references)

Hebrew 

מעולם לא, מעודי (ever since), לעולם לא, אף פעם. (various references)

Hungarian

soha (at no, at no time, not for a moment), sohasem (ne'er, never-never, not for a moment, to fire with unerring aim). (various references)

Icelandic

það var ekkert (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right, you're welcome), það gerir ekkert til (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right, you're welcome). (various references)

Indonesian

tidak pernah, tak pernah, jangan (no). (various references)

Italian

mai (ever, ne'er), non ... mai, giammai. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

金輪際 (for all the world, not...at all, on no account, the deepest bottom of the earth, till doomsday), 決して (by no means), 曾て (before, ever, ex-, former, formerly, once), 曾 (ever, ex-, former, formerly, once before), 何時でも (always, any time, at all times, whenever), 何時も (always, every time, usually), 万々 (fully, very much), 万万 (fully, very much). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

なんどきでも (always, any time, at all times, whenever), そう (all, aspect, bed, cellar, class, conception, countenance, depository, destroy, elevator, ever, ex-, feel pain, former, formerly, general, go around, godown, granary, gross, idea, layer, magazine, monk, once before, originate, phase, priest, seam, start, stream, suffer, thought, to accompany, to be added to, to be adjusted to, to become married, to comply with, to follow, to marry, to meet, to run along, to satisfy, to suit, treasury, warehouse, whole), まんまん (brimming with, full of, fully, vast, very much), ばんばん (fully, very much), かつて (before, ever, ex-, former, formerly, once), かって (before, ever, ex-, former, formerly, kitchen, once, one's own convenience, one's way, selfishness), いつでも (always, any time, at all times, whenever), いつも (always, every time, usually), こんりんざい (for all the world, not...at all, on no account, the deepest bottom of the earth, till doomsday), けっして (by no means), そ (altar of sacrifice, ancestor, ever, ex-, forefather, former, formerly, once before, prime, progenitor). (various references)

Korean 

결코. (various references)

Malay

tidak apa apa (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right, you're welcome). (various references)

Manx

rieau (always, ever), dy bragh (ad infinitum, eternally, ever, ever of future), dy bra (ever), chioee (ever, ever of future, evermore, nevermore). (various references)

Norwegian

aldri. (various references)

Occitan

jamai. (various references)

Papiamen

nunka, hamas. (various references)

Pidgin English

neva. (various references)

Pig Latin

evernay.(various references)

Polish

nigdy. (various references)

Portuguese

nunca (ever, ne'er), jamais (ever, ne'er). (various references)

Romanian

nu (by no means, nay, no, not), niciodatå, niciodatã (nevermore, not if I know it, once), nicicând, imposibil (absurd, extravagant, impossible, insolubly, it's no go, not really, out of the question, unbearable, unearthly, unfeasible), de loc (any, anyhow, at all, local, nohow, not a bit, not a tinker's damn, not at all, not in the least, not it the least degree, not nearly, nothing, the deuce a bit, the devil a bit). (various references)

Russian 

никогда (at no time, in no circumstances, ne'er, under no circumstances). (various references)

Scottish

nior (I never heard, never; used before the v. : nior chualas, not). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

nipošto (nohow, not at all), nikako (means: by no means, no way, nohow, not at all, nothing, noway, nowise, poorly), nikada (ne'er), nikad, nijednom, nijedanput. (various references)

Spanish

nunca (ever, ne'er), jamás (at no time, ever since), no ... nunca. (various references)

Sranan

noyti, nemre. (various references)

Swedish

aldrig (at the greek calends, ne'er). (various references)

Thai

ไม่มีทาง. (various references)

Turkish

asla (by no manner of means, by no means, ever, far from, in no way, in no wise, ne'er, nevermore, no way, no whit, nohow, not a bit, not a whit, not an iota, not at all, not by a fraction, nothing, nothing doing, nowise, nuts, on no account). (various references)

Ukrainian

ніяк (any, anyhow, nohow, noway, noways), ніколи (at no time, ne'er), ні разу, не може бути (do tell, you don't say), аніскільки (not at all). (various references)

Vietnamese 

không khi nào không, không bao giờ (calends, kalends, shot, sorra), dẫu là muốn sửa chữa thì chả lo là muộn. (various references)

Welsh

erioed (ever, sometime). (various references)

Yucatec

mixbik'in. (various references)

Zulu

akunandaba (it doesn't matter, never mind, that's all right, you're welcome). (various references)

nunquam. (various references)

môi. (various references)

na. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "never": nevermore, nevertheless. (additional references)

Words ending with "never": whenever. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Never" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Enefer, Enever, Envers, Envoro, Jever, Naber, nafr, naiver, Navaar, navar, Naveiro, Navet, neder, Neer, ne-er, neev, Neeva, Neeve, neever, neger, Negere, Neher, Neiva, Nekeer, Nemerov, Nemery, neper, nerver, neter, neuen, Neuer, Neuva, neuve, nev, neva, nevah, nevea, neveer, nevel, neven, nevern, Neverra, nevers, neverth, Neves, nevez, Nevia, nevo, Newvar, nexer, niber, Nier, niev, nieve, niever, nivea, nivir, niviv, nivr, nivvor, nizer, nme'ers, novar, Novara, novem, nover, Novre, Nuper, nuve, nver, nvqers, Nwyvre, nyereri, oever, pever, pevero. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: nerve.

-1 letter: erne, even, ever, neve, veer.

-2 letters: ere, ern, eve, nee, ree, rev, vee.

-3 letters: en, er, ne, re.

+1 letter: envier, evener, nerved, nerves, veiner, vender, veneer, venery, venire, venter.

+2 letters: avenger, cervine, enfever, engrave, enviers, eveners, fervent, innerve, inverse, livener, nervate, nervier, nervine, nervule, nervure, overmen, overnew, prevent, ravened, ravener, reeving, regiven, revenge, revenue, rewoven, unnerve, unreeve, veering, veiners, veinier, venders, veneers, venires, venomer, venters, venture, verbena, vernier, versine, veteran.

+3 letters: antevert, avengers, averment, caverned, cheveron, conserve, convener, converge, converse, conveyer, cravened, endeavor, enervate, enfevers, engraved, engraver, engraves, enslaver, eversion, everting, everyman, everymen, everyone, fervency, fevering, governed, innerved, innerves, inventer, inverses, inverted, inverter, lavender, levanter, levering, liveners, maneuver, nerviest, nervines, nervules, nervures, ovenware, overdone, overkeen, overlend, overlent, overmine, overnear, overneat, overnice, overseen, oversewn, overtone, overween, parvenue, prevents, raveners, reconvey, redriven, reinvade, reinvent, reinvest, reinvite, reinvoke, relevant, renovate, replevin, reshaven, revanche, revehent, reveling, revenant, revenged, revenger, revenges, revenual, revenued, revenuer, revenues, reverend, reverent, revering, riverine, severing, sirvente, sniveler, taverner, unevener, universe, unnerved, unnerves, unreeved, unreeves, unserved, unversed, veneered, veneerer, venerate, venereal, veneries, venomers, ventured, venturer, ventures, verbenas, verboten, verecund, vergence, vernacle, vernicle, verniers, vernixes, verseman, versemen, versines, veterans, vineries, viperine, vomerine, whenever.