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“never” – English explanatory dictionary

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like this this super weird thing that I've never seen
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The motherfucker said that never had to pick up pieces
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adv not at any time; not ever ○ We’ll never forget that restaurant. ○ I’ve never bought anything in that shop although I’ve often been inside it. ○ He never eats meat. □ never mind! don’t worry, don’t bother about it □ well I never! how surprising! ○ Well I never – it’s James!
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adv. [AS. nfre; ne not, no + fre ever.]
1. Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future. Shak. “Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.” Pope.
2. In no degree; not in the least; not. “Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his eyes in another man’s head, and yet see never the worse.” South. “And he answered him to never a word.” Matt. xxvii. 14. Never is much used in composition with present participles to form adjectives, as in never-ceasing, never-dying, never-ending, never-fading, never-failing, etc., retaining its usual signification. Never a deal, not a bit. [Obs.] Chaucer.Never so, as never before; more than at any other time, or in any other circumstances; especially; particularly; — now often expressed or replaced by ever so. “Ask me never so much dower and gift.” Gen. xxxiv. 12. “A fear of battery, … though never so well grounded, is no duress.” Blackstone.
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"Stick with me, and you'll never go hungry again," Scar promised.

The scentence about “The Lion King”.

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Meaning of “never” in English language – adv not at any time; not ever ○ We’ll ne...
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