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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Never \Nev"er\ (n[e^]v"[~e]r), adv. [AS. n[=ae]fre; ne not, no +
     [=ae]fre ever.]
     1. Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past,
        present, or future. --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.
                                                    --Pope.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. In no degree; not in the least; not.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his
              eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the
              worse.                                --South.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              And he answered him to never a word.  --Matt. xxvii.
                                                    14.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: 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.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Never \Nev"er\, adv. [AS. n?fre; 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.
  
     Note: 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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  never
       adv 1: 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!" [syn: ne'er] [ant: always]
       2: 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"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  never
     Αγγλικά adv.
     ποτέ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  never
     Latvian vb.
     1 (infl of lv nevērt  2//3 s pres ind ; 3 p pres ind ; 2 s imp)
     {qualifier|with+the+particle+''(l+lv+lai)''" rel="nofollow">2 {qualifier|with the particle ''(l lv lai)'' (infl of lv nevērt
  3 s imp)
     {qualifier|with+the+particle+''(l+lv+lai)''" rel="nofollow">3 {qualifier|with the particle ''(l lv lai)'' (infl of lv nevērt
  3 p imp)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     birchbark
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (infl of nb neve  indef p)
     Romansch vb.
     (lb rm Sutsilvan) (alternative form of rm naiver t=to snow)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  never
     adv.
     at no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
     interj.
     A statement of defiance

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  never
     Latvian vb.
     1 (infl of lv nevērt  2//3 s pres ind ; 3 p pres ind ; 2 s imp)
     {qualifier|with+the+particle+''(l+lv+lai)''" rel="nofollow">2 {qualifier|with the particle ''(l lv lai)'' (infl of lv nevērt
  3 s imp)
     {qualifier|with+the+particle+''(l+lv+lai)''" rel="nofollow">3 {qualifier|with the particle ''(l lv lai)'' (infl of lv nevērt
  3 p imp)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     birchbark
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (infl of nb neve  indef p)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  never
     Latvian vb.
     1 (infl of lv nevērt  2//3 s pres ind ; 3 p pres ind ; 2 s imp)
     {qualifier|with+the+particle+''(l+lv+lai)''" rel="nofollow">2 {qualifier|with the particle ''(l lv lai)'' (infl of lv nevērt
  3 s imp)
     {qualifier|with+the+particle+''(l+lv+lai)''" rel="nofollow">3 {qualifier|with the particle ''(l lv lai)'' (infl of lv nevērt
  3 p imp)
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     birchbark
     Norwegian Bokmål n.
     (infl of nb neve  indef p)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  never
     Englanti adv.
     (fi-ei: ei) koskaan, (fi-ei: ei) milloinkaan

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  never
     Engelska adv.
     aldrig

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Never /nˈɛvə/
  أبدا

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  never //ˈnɛv.ə(ɹ)// //ˈnɛv.ɚ// 
  ни́вга, ни́кога, така и
  at no time

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  never /nˈɛvə/
  nikdy

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  never /nˈɛvə/
  absolutně ne

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  never /nˈɛvə/
  jds. Lebtag nicht
   see: for the rest of sb.'s days, Never in all my life would I have thought that.
  
           Note: in all sb.'s life

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  never /nˈɛvə/
  nie, niemals, nimmer [geh.] , nimmermehr  [poet.]
        "as never before"  - wie nie zuvor
        "You never know."  - Man weiß nie.
     Synonym: not ever
  
   see: never again, nevermore, never before, 'Are you disappointed?' 'By no means!' / 'Not at all!', Never!, I don't ever want to have children.
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  Never! /nˈɛvə/
  Im Leben nicht!
   see: never, not ever, never again, nevermore, never before, 'Are you disappointed?' 'By no means!' / 'Not at all!', I don't ever want to have children.
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  never /nˈɛvə/
  
  ποτέ

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  never //ˈnɛv.ə(ɹ)// //ˈnɛv.ɚ// 
  ei koskaan, ei ikinä, ei milloinkaan
  at no time

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  never /nevər/
  jamais, ne ... jamais

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  never /nˈɛvə/ 
  1. [कभी]~नहीं
        "He has never come to the office."
        "'You took my book'. ‘I never did'."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  never /nˈɛvə/
  ni jedanput, nije moguće, nikad, nikada

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  never! /nˈɛvə/
  1. no de ilyet!
  2. hihetetlen!

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  never /nˈɛvə/
  1. semmit sem
  2. sohasem
  3. soha
  4. egyáltalában nem

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  never //ˈnɛv.ə(ɹ)// //ˈnɛv.ɚ// 
  tidak pernah, tidak akan
  at no time

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  never /nˈɛvə/
  mai, non ... mai

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  never //ˈnɛv.ə(ɹ)// //ˈnɛv.ɚ// 
  決して, 万々, 何時でも, 全く, 曾て
  at no time

From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lat ]

  never /nevər/
  nunquam

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  never /nevər/ 
  1. niekada, niekuomet
  2. nė karto

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  never /nevər/
  nimmer, nooit

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  never //ˈnɛv.ə(ɹ)// //ˈnɛv.ɚ// 
  aldri
  at no time

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  never /ˈnevə/ 
   1.  nigdy
   2.  [nieform]  a. w ogóle nie
   b.
        "he never came"  - w ogóle nie przyszedł

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  never /nevər/
  jamais, não...nunca, nunca, em tempo algum

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  never /nevər/
  jamás, nunca, no...nunca

From English-Serbian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-srp ]

  never /nevər/
  никад, никада

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  never //ˈnɛv.ə(ɹ)// //ˈnɛv.ɚ// 
  aldrig
  at no time

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  never /nˈɛvə/
  1. hiç, hiç bir zaman, asla, katiyen. Never mind. Zararı yok. Boş ver.

From Norwegian Nynorsk-Norwegian Bokmål FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:nno-nob ]

  never
  never

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈnɛvɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "never":
     God forbid, at no hand, at no time, au contraire, by no means,
     far from it, in no case, in no respect, in no way, in no wise,
     never on earth, nevermore, no matter what, nohow, not, not a bit,
     not a jot, not a speck, not a whit, not an iota, not at all,
     not ever, not much, not nearly, noway, noways, nowhere near,
     nowise, on no account, on no condition, on no occasion,
     quite the contrary, to the contrary, under no circumstances
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  ad. 从不,决不,不曾;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

  Never
     ad. 永不,从来没有;不,没有

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