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  • 11never — [nev′ər] adv. [ME nevere < OE næfre < ne, not (see NO1) + æfre, EVER] 1. not ever; at no time 2. not at all; by no chance; in no case; under no conditions …

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  • 12never — nev|er W1S1 [ˈnevə US ər] adv [: Old English; Origin: nAfre, from ne not + Afre ever ] 1.) not at any time, or not once ▪ He s never been to Australia. ▪ I m never going back there again, not as long as I live. ▪ It is never too late to give up… …

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  • 13never — nev|er [ nevər ] adverb *** 1. ) at no time in the past or in the future: I ve never been in love before. You ll never guess who I saw today! He must never discover the truth. I haven t tried Chinese food before. What, never? a ) not in any… …

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  • 14never — adverb 1 NOT AT ANY TIME not once or not at any time: We ve never been to Paris. | I ll never forget what my mother said. | never...again: Never let me hear you use that word again! | never in all my life spoken (=used to emphasize how bad… …

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  • 15never — [[t]ne̱və(r)[/t]] ♦ 1) ADV NEG: ADV before v, ADV group/to inf Never means at no time in the past or at no time in the future. I have never lost the weight I put on in my teens... Never had he been so free of worry... That was a mistake. We ll… …

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  • 16never */*/*/ — UK [ˈnevə(r)] / US [ˈnevər] adverb 1) a) at no time in the past or in the future I ve never been in love before. You ll never guess who I saw today! He must never discover the truth. I haven t tried Chinese food before. What, never? b) not in any …

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  • 17never — see never is a long time never say never it is never too late to learn it is never too late to mend never too old to learn better late than never never send a boy to do a man’s …

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  • 18never — adv. 1 a at no time; on no occasion; not ever (have never been to Paris; never saw them again). b colloq. as an emphatic negative (I never heard you come in). 2 not at all (never fear). 3 colloq. (expressing surprise) surely not (you never left… …

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  • 19Never — Heinrich Never (* in Wismar; † 1553 ebenda) war Mönch des Franziskanerordens im Grauen Kloster in Wismar und betrieb frühzeitig von Wismar aus die Reformation in Nordostdeutschland. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Biografie 2 Werke 3 Literatur …

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  • 20never*/*/*/ — [ˈnevə] adv 1) at no time, or not at all I ve never been in love before.[/ex] You ll never guess who I saw today![/ex] He never even said goodbye.[/ex] I never knew you two were cousins.[/ex] I went sailing once, but never again.[/ex] 2) British… …

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