Never
adverb
At no time in the past or future; not ever.
She has never visited Africa before
Often appears as...
- never know
- never forget
adverb
Used to show that something is surprising or unlikely.
I never imagined I would win
Often appears as...
- never thought
- never believed
adverb
Not at all.
That's never a good idea
Often appears as...
- never a good idea
- never an option
adverb
Used with a verb in negative sentence to make the verb emphasize.
She would never intentionally hurt someone
Often appears as...
- never intentionally
- never deliberately
adverb
Used in questions to express surprise or disbelief.
You never told me that!
Often appears as...
- never told
- never mentioned
Usage tips
Colloquial
adverb
At no time in the past or future; not ever.
She has never visited Africa before
Often appears as...
- never know
- never forget
adverb
Used to show that something is surprising or unlikely.
I never imagined I would win
Often appears as...
- never thought
- never believed
adverb
Not at all.
That's never a good idea
Often appears as...
- never a good idea
- never an option
adverb
Used with a verb in negative sentence to make the verb emphasize.
She would never intentionally hurt someone
Often appears as...
- never intentionally
- never deliberately
adverb
Used in questions to express surprise or disbelief.
You never told me that!
Often appears as...
- never told
- never mentioned
Usage tips
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Absolute Statement
Use 'never' to make a strong statement about not doing something anytime.
I have never smoked.
Pro Tip 2/2Past and Future
'Never' covers both past and future, indicating something hasn't and won't happen.
He never went to college, nor does he intend to.
Pro Tip 1/2Absolute Statement
Use 'never' to make a strong statement about not doing something anytime.
I have never smoked.
Pro Tip 2/2Past and Future
'Never' covers both past and future, indicating something hasn't and won't happen.
He never went to college, nor does he intend to.
Pro Tip 1/2Absolute Statement
Use 'never' to make a strong statement about not doing something anytime.
I have never smoked.
Pro Tip 2/2Past and Future
'Never' covers both past and future, indicating something hasn't and won't happen.
He never went to college, nor does he intend to.
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reaching beyond themselves, and enriching their lives and the world together. Though we might never know why we fall in love, we can be certain that it will be an emotional rollercoaster ride. It's scary and exhilarating. It makes us suffer and makes us soar. Maybe we lose ourselves.
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Questions No One Knows...
And I have one more piece of good news for you. The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull. It doesn't. It's actually the opposite. The more you know, the more amazing the world seems. And it's the crazy possibilities, the unanswered questions, that pull us forward.
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Why don't perpetual...
have stymied every idea for perpetual motion and the dreams of perfectly efficient energy generation they imply. Yet it's hard to conclusively say we'll never discover a perpetual motion machine because there's still so much we don't understand about the universe.
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Can you solve the virus...
unless you look at the rules carefully and notice an important exception. It's true that once you activate the switch in a contaminated room, it's destroyed and you can never go back. But there's one room that wasn't contaminated - the entrance.
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The Infinite Hotel...
and room pi, where the guests expect free dessert. What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more,
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Bill Gates: The next...
As an example, we could have taken the blood of survivors, processed it, and put that plasma back in people to protect them. But that was never tried. So there was a lot that was missing. And these things are really a global failure.
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How Do Cartels Get Their...
CARTEL MARIANA VAN Here's where things get interesting. Remember when I said that you never ask what cartel someone belongs to? I didn't. This guy just decided to tell me that he works for one
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How to deal with...
you're stupid idiot and I wish you had never been born when I confronted her about having said this to me I was told I was making it up and that it was a lie
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
make their kill never wasting a fin stroke nearly a hundred sailfish have surrounded a single school of bait fish it's very rare to see so many of these
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Rethinking infidelity...
they probably would never need to see me. So how do we heal from an affair? Desire runs deep. Betrayal runs deep. But it can be healed.
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Why do we love? A...
reaching beyond themselves, and enriching their lives and the world together. Though we might never know why we fall in love, we can be certain that it will be an emotional rollercoaster ride. It's scary and exhilarating. It makes us suffer and makes us soar. Maybe we lose ourselves.
Video examples
Questions No One Knows...
And I have one more piece of good news for you. The quest for knowledge and understanding never gets dull. It doesn't. It's actually the opposite. The more you know, the more amazing the world seems. And it's the crazy possibilities, the unanswered questions, that pull us forward.
Video examples
Why don't perpetual...
have stymied every idea for perpetual motion and the dreams of perfectly efficient energy generation they imply. Yet it's hard to conclusively say we'll never discover a perpetual motion machine because there's still so much we don't understand about the universe.
Video examples
Can you solve the virus...
unless you look at the rules carefully and notice an important exception. It's true that once you activate the switch in a contaminated room, it's destroyed and you can never go back. But there's one room that wasn't contaminated - the entrance.
Video examples
The Infinite Hotel...
and room pi, where the guests expect free dessert. What self-respecting night manager would ever want to work there even for an infinite salary? But over at Hilbert's Infinite Hotel, where there's never any vacancy and always room for more,
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
As an example, we could have taken the blood of survivors, processed it, and put that plasma back in people to protect them. But that was never tried. So there was a lot that was missing. And these things are really a global failure.
Video examples
How Do Cartels Get Their...
CARTEL MARIANA VAN Here's where things get interesting. Remember when I said that you never ask what cartel someone belongs to? I didn't. This guy just decided to tell me that he works for one
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How to deal with...
you're stupid idiot and I wish you had never been born when I confronted her about having said this to me I was told I was making it up and that it was a lie
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ONE HOUR Of Amazing...
make their kill never wasting a fin stroke nearly a hundred sailfish have surrounded a single school of bait fish it's very rare to see so many of these
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Rethinking infidelity...
they probably would never need to see me. So how do we heal from an affair? Desire runs deep. Betrayal runs deep. But it can be healed.
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Indian Leader
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.
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A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
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But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.
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I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!
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I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
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There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
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Michael Jordan
American Basketball Player
I've never been afraid to fail.
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Nelson Mandela
South African Statesman
Without education, your children can never really meet the challenges they will face. So it's very important to give children education and explain that they should play a role for their country.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
There are websites that any government wants to block. The truth about the Internet is that it's extremely hard to block anything - extremely hard. You'll never get perfect blocking.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Indian Leader
Freedom is never dear at any price. It is the breath of life. What would a man not pay for living?
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Clint Eastwood
American Actor
I always thought of myself as a character actor. I never thought of myself as a leading man.
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Joe Biden
American President
A gaffe in Washington is someone telling the truth, and telling the truth has never hurt me.
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Michael Jackson
American Singer
But I will never stop helping and loving people the way Jesus said to.
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Muhammad Ali
American Boxer
I said I was 'The Greatest,' I never said I was the smartest!
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Thomas A. Edison
American Inventor
I never did a day's work in my life. It was all fun.
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Benjamin Franklin
American Politician
There was never a good war, or a bad peace.
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Michael Jordan
American Basketball Player
I've never been afraid to fail.
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