NEVER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

I. (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not ever; at no time in the past or future

Example:

I will never marry you!

Synonyms:

ne'er; never

Classified under:

Adverbs

Antonym:

ever (at all times; all the time and on every occasion)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Not at all; certainly not; not in any circumstances

Example:

what is morally wrong can never be politically right

Classified under:

Adverbs

Credits

Context examples:

A sterile solution intended to bathe or flush open wounds or body cavities; they're used topically, never parenterally.

(Irrigant Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

A negative test result usually means that the test result is normal, but it does not mean that a person will never get the disease or condition.

(Negative test result, NCI Dictionary)

A clinical trial that uses an investigational agent that is available only in very limited quantities and which has never previously given to humans or for which there is extremely limited human experience.

(Phase 0 Trial, NCI Thesaurus)

Most people with pituitary tumors never even know they have them.

(Pituitary Tumors, NIH)

If I had anywhere else to go, I should be glad to leave it; but I can never get away from Gateshead till I am a woman.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

If I fail, you will see me again soon, or never.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

The Overactive Bladder Questionnaire Short Form (OAB-q Short Form) Caused you to locate the closest restroom as soon as you arrive at a place you have never been?

(OAB-q Short Form - Locate Closest Restroom as Soon as You Arrive, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates that a product was never promoted for use.

(Never Marketed, NCI Thesaurus)

A question about whether an individual never thinks or has never thought about their appearance.

(Never Think About Appearance, NCI Thesaurus)

Imiglitazar causes hepatotoxicity, and has never been marketed.