/ˈnəʊweə/
Translation
In no place, or to no place.
Word origin
From Old English nahwaer, built from na (no) and hwaer (where).
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- nahwaer
- English cognates
- no, where
Examples
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"Nowhere" means in no place at all.
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Here "nowhere" means no place to go.
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"Nowhere" already carries the "no", so we do not add "not" as well.
Used in
Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(4)Dummy subjects in English: it's raining, there's a problem, and why the subject slot is never empty
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Wish and if only in English: wish + past, wish + past perfect, wish + would, and why I wish I would is wrong
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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