never

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈnɛvər/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈnɛvɚ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(nev′ər)

Collocations for "never"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "never" in context.

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never

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
adv
  1. have never [seen, tried, done] (anything like) that before
  2. have never (ever) [regretted, wished, wanted]
  3. have never even [been, read, driven]
  4. left, never to return
  5. it's never too late to start
  6. never have enough [sugar, time]
  7. never forget [your roots, where you came from]
  8. never doubted you (for a second)
  9. never thought it [was, could be] possible
  10. never [knew, heard] that (before)!
  11. I never said [you did, that]
  12. you never [can tell, know]
  13. [perhaps we'll, we may] never know
  14. never in a [million, billion] years!
  15. never again!
  16. never again will I [let, try, trust]
  17. never ever!
  18. am never ever going to
  19. never even thought of that
  20. I would never have [thought of, imagined] that
  21. it never occurred to me that
  22. never in my wildest dreams did I [think, imagine]
  23. it will never happen!
  24. hope I never (have to) see [them, that] again
  25. [some, these] things never change
  26. was never the wiser
  27. never happier than when (he is) [working, with]
  28. never (felt) better
  29. [his record, her score] was never bettered
  30. in a never before [seen, done, completed]
  31. never mind
  32. never you mind
  33. never say [never, die]
  34. it's now or never
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'never' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
achieve - allow - amount - attempt - best - chart - chat - decide - doubt - enter - experience - fail - fix - forget - forgive - fruit - gossip - graduate - guess - happen - have - hear - hope - lack - last - laugh - let - lift - like - listen - live - look - matter - mean - mention - mind - notice - occur - own - pretend - rabbit - read - receive - recover - remind - resort - rest - return - settle - should

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