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never

US /ˈnɛvɚ/

adverb Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

at no time in the past or future; not ever

Tested with subject-verb inversion (e.g., 'Never has the company...').

Examples

The manager has never missed a deadline in her ten years here.

Collocations

  • Easy never give up
    to persist relentlessly without surrendering
  • Medium never miss agreed delivery deadlines
    to fulfill all promised shipment dates punctually
  • Hard pledges that could never survive audit scrutiny
    commitments unable to withstand rigorous accounting inspection
  • Very Hard it is now or never to aver bankruptcy
    a critical final moment to act to prevent financial ruin

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