never.

There are numerous locutions to express this idea; as- At the coming of the Coqueligrues (Rabelais: Pantagruel) At the Latter Lammas (See Lammas ) On the Greek Calends (q v ) In the reign of Queen Dick (See Dick ) On St Tib's'Eve (See Tibs Eve ) In a month of five Sundays (In) la semaine des trois jeudis When two Fridays come together When three Sundays come together When Dover and Calais meet (See Dover ) When Dudnian and Ramehead meet (See Dunman ) When the world grows honest When the Yellow River runs clear

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

dive beyond your limits or experience

{a} at no time, in no degree, not even

never mind: see mind

Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future

Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely)

not at all; not at any time; not ever; not in any way

At no time

Never means `not in any circumstances at all'. I would never do anything to hurt him Even if you are desperate to get married, never let it show Divorce is never easy for children The golden rule is never to clean a valuable coin

In no degree; not in the least; not

If you say that something will never do or would never do, you are saying, often humorously, that you think it is not appropriate or not suitable in some way. It would never do to have Henry there in her apartment I don't think it is an example of bad writing myself, otherwise I'd be agreeing with Leavis, and that would never do

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 never do it again Never say that. Never, do you hear? He was never really healthy This is never to happen again

feelings You say `Well, I never' to indicate that you are very surprised about something that you have just seen or found out. `What were you up to there?' --- `I was head of the information department.' --- `Well I never!'

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!"

emphasis Never ever is an emphatic way of saying `never'. I never, ever sit around thinking, `What shall I do next?' He's vowed never ever to talk about anything personal in public, ever again

Never is used to refer to the past and means `not'. He never achieved anything He waited until all the luggage was cleared, but Paula's never appeared I never knew the lad I'd never have dreamt of doing such a thing

feelings You say `never!' to indicate how surprised or shocked you are by something that someone has just said

when the cows come home

never.