The adverb never means "at no time," or "not at all." If you're never going to win a Monopoly game against your brother, you won't beat him next week, next year, or when you're both 80 years old.
Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future.
Adverb
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!"
Adverb
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"
adv.
Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past,
present, or future.
adv.
In no degree; not in the least; not.
Never
Death still draws nearer, never seeming near.2.
Whosoever has a friend to guide him, may carry his eyes in another man's head, and yet see never the worse.
And he answered him to never a word.
Ask me never so much dower and gift.
A fear of battery, ... though never so well grounded, is no duress.
Not ever; not at any time; at no time, whether past, present, or future.
Usage Examples
'The Christmas Song,' by Nat King Cole, is not only a masterful performance to me it just sounds like the holidays. I've never sung it, because Nat's version is so perfect. I gotta leave it alone.
A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever.
51st State was one that I loved doing because the character was so out there, and in a way I was sad to leave the character behind. I'm afraid I could never be that cool in real life!
A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.
'Come out' is so funny to me because I've never been in.
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.
A book is good company. It is full of conversation without loquacity. It comes to your longing with full instruction, but pursues you never.
A child who has never fantasized about having other parents is seriously lacking in imagination.
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Other Usage Examples'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
A bachelor is a guy who never made the same mistake once.
'Get a Job' is about all the rich kids we knew when we were younger, kids who never had jobs but always had money for partying or getting their hair done.
'Old times' never come back and I suppose it's just as well. What comes back is a new morning every day in the year, and that's better.
A baby is born with a need to be loved - and never outgrows it.
'Vegas' was something very close to me. I had such a blast doing that. I'm still a little upset that we never really got to shoot that final episode. So many people were invested in it. I'll always be sad about that.
A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.
'The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected.
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