Meaning
Not at any time, not once.
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Word origin
From Old English naefre, a joining of ne (not) and aefre (ever), meaning not ever.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- naefre
Examples
.
I do not ever eat meat.
Spain.
She has not ever been to Spain.
.
We do not ever give up.
Where this fits
Used in
Stories
(22)The List on the Door
2 min read · Core 1000
Two Stars
2 min read · Core 1000
At the Doctor
3 min read · Core 1000
The First Day at Work
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Bring Your Bike
3 min read · Core 1000
One Sheep Short
4 min read · Core 5000
The Boat in the Garden
4 min read · Core 5000
The Clock in the Hall
4 min read · Core 5000
The Letter She Never Sent
4 min read · Core 5000
The Passenger
4 min read · Core 5000
Two Gardens
4 min read · Core 5000
Not in Front of Them
5 min read · Core 1000
The Box in the Wood
5 min read · Core 5000
The First Letter
5 min read · Core 5000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read · Core 5000
The Night Route
5 min read · Core 5000
The Photograph
5 min read · Core 5000
The Register
5 min read · Core 5000
The Suggestion Box
5 min read · Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
5 min read · Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(58)Adverb position in English: before or after the verb?
Advanced English articles: zero article and the with places
British vs American English Grammar: got, gotten and more
Have something done and get something done in English
Clothes in English: trousers, a shirt and a pair of shoes
Comparatives and superlatives in English: rules and chart
Conditional sentences in English: zero, first, second, third
This, that, these and those in English: chart and examples
Discourse Markers in English: well, anyway, actually
Do and does in English: questions and negatives
-ed endings in English: spelling and the three sounds
Ellipsis and substitution in English: I think so, so do I
Emphasis in English: emphatic do, my own and the very
English Filler Words: um, well, so, like, you know
For, since, already, yet and still in English, with examples
Future in the past in English: was going to, would, about to
Future tense in English: will vs going to, with examples
Gerund and infinitive in English: verb lists and rules
English greetings and survival phrases for beginners
Have got in English: I've got a brother (chart and examples)
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish
The imperative in English: sit down, don't touch, let's go
Indirect Questions in English: Word Order and Examples
Inversion and subject-verb-object word order in English
Must, have to and should in English: rules and examples
Nominalisation in English: turning verbs into nouns
Numbers in English: how to say, write and spell them
Ordinal numbers in English: first, second, third (chart)
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have
Past perfect in English: had + past participle, examples
Past simple in English: rules, -ed spelling and examples
Phrasal-prepositional verbs in English: 16 with examples
100 Common Phrasal Verbs in English, with Examples
English phrasal verbs exercises with answers: 80 questions
Phrasal verbs with come in English: 13 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with get in English: 16 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with go in English: 14 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with look in English: 12 meanings, examples
Phrasal verbs with take in English: 12 meanings, examples
Phrasal Verbs in English: Meaning, Rules and Examples
Plurals in English: one cat, two cats (rules and chart)
My, your, his, her: possessives in English (chart)
Prepositions in English: in, on, at and more, with examples
Present continuous in English: am/is/are + -ing, examples
Present perfect in English: rules, for and since, examples
Present simple in English: rules, -s ending and examples
Quantifiers in English: some, any, much, many, few, little
Question tags in English: rules, examples and aren't I
Relative clauses in English: defining and non-defining
Separable and inseparable phrasal verbs in English: rules
English Slang and Informal Words: What Real People Say
There is and there are in English: rules and examples
Time clauses in English: when, while, until, as soon as
To be in English: am, is and are (chart and examples)
Used to, would and be used to in English: past habits
Verb patterns with objects in English: want, make, let, see
How to say years in English: 1984, 2005, 2025
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This word is taught in chapter 2, lesson 1: never, leave, talk and 7 more words.