dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/nev_MW.json

{
  "Nevers":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      "city in central France southeast of Orl\u00e9ans population 36,762":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "n\u0259-\u02c8ver"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181747",
    "type":[
      "geographical name"
    ]
  },
  "never":{
    "antonyms":[
      "always",
      "constantly",
      "continuously",
      "endlessly",
      "ever",
      "forever",
      "perpetually"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": not ever : at no time":[
        "I never met her"
      ],
      ": not in any degree : not under any condition":[
        "never the wiser for his experience"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I will never shop at that store again.",
      "I have never seen that happen before.",
      "That man has never heard of you.",
      "We will never forget what we saw.",
      "You never know what you'll find at a flea market.",
      "I never meant to hurt you.",
      "She never really said that.",
      "There is never enough time to finish our work.",
      "Never in my whole life have I been so offended!",
      "I gave him my business for years and never for one moment did I suspect that he was a criminal.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There is never a simple acknowledgment or validation of my concerns. \u2014 Jacobina Martin, Washington Post , 2 July 2022",
      "Thanks to the pandemic, online shopping has never been more popular. \u2014 Bernard Marr, Forbes , 1 July 2022",
      "Ernst's mother told The Boston Globe that her husband was never abusive. \u2014 CBS News , 1 July 2022",
      "However, their children's time in the public eye is never far from the couple's minds. \u2014 Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com , 1 July 2022",
      "As Texans enter the summer travel season and prepare to drive more, gas prices have never been higher. \u2014 Wesley Ratko, San Antonio Express-News , 30 June 2022",
      "My skills may never be on par with those of Zhuang and Senge. \u2014 Zella Hanson | The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive , 30 June 2022",
      "This season, family has never been more prominent as four mom-daughter combinations help make up this year\u2019s league. \u2014 Randy Mcroberts, Baltimore Sun , 30 June 2022",
      "The fact that the policy is not in effect, and likely will never be in effect, would typically be strong grounds for the Supreme Court to not consider the issue. \u2014 Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor , 30 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English, from Old English n\u01e3fre , from ne not + \u01e3fre ever \u2014 more at no":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8ne-v\u0259r"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "ne'er"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-235416",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "never mind":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[
      "I have a hard enough time getting out of bed before sunrise, never mind getting to work so early."
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1677, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "let alone",
      "much less",
      "still less"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105924",
    "type":[
      "idiomatic phrase"
    ]
  },
  "never say die":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183927",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "never-never":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a remote or sparsely settled region : a barren or frontier area":[],
      ": a system of installment purchase":[],
      ": an ideal or imaginary place or region":[
        "that never-never land of true romance and pure love",
        "\u2014 Rollene W. Saal"
      ],
      ": an illusory existence":[],
      ": characterized by an imaginary, idealistic, or fantastic quality":[
        "the never-never rhetoric \u2026 which had to do with perfect justice and perfect harmony",
        "\u2014 Jane Kramer"
      ],
      ": sparsely settled country in the northern and western part of Queensland":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1833, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun",
      "1900, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "never-never land":"Adjective",
      "short for never-never land , probably from reduplication of never + land":"Noun"
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-112730",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "never-never land":{
    "antonyms":[
      "anti-utopia",
      "dystopia",
      "hell"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an ideal or imaginary place":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Every chapter straddles the psychological never-never land between myth and science. \u2014 Robert M. Thorson, WSJ , 4 Mar. 2022",
      "Ownership of both is a must for the haves and a never-never land for the have-nots. \u2014 Scott Burns, Dallas News , 9 Oct. 2020",
      "Of course, this abject failure is nothing new in the never-never land of presidential debates. \u2014 Washington Post , 24 Sep. 2020",
      "But for ten days every June, when the Aspen Ideas Festival is in full swing, a technicolour fever dream descends and the campus becomes a corporate never-never land . \u2014 The Economist , 11 Oct. 2019",
      "Off to never-never land : Thousands drive, bike, walk and board packed trains to Metallica concert at Chase Center. \u2014 Taylor Kate Brown, SFChronicle.com , 9 Sep. 2019",
      "Its occasional bombshell scoops reside in a never-never land between rumor and accepted fact. \u2014 Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer , 16 May 2018"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1900, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccne-v\u0259r-\u02c8ne-v\u0259r-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "Camelot",
      "Cockaigne",
      "Eden",
      "Elysium",
      "empyrean",
      "fantasyland",
      "heaven",
      "lotusland",
      "New Jerusalem",
      "nirvana",
      "paradise",
      "promised land",
      "Shangri-la",
      "utopia",
      "Zion",
      "Sion"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-183830",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "never/not dream of":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181338",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "never/not hear the end of it":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180844",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "never/not in a thousand/million/billion years":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{},
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-201111",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "never/not miss a trick":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to notice everything : to always know what is happening":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-181246",
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ]
  },
  "nevermore":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": never again":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Here are a few of the ideas that are nevermore , or in some cases, never really were. \u2014 Ryan Craggs, CNT , 29 Aug. 2017",
      "Thus her part within that study, which the duo had in store, Would continue nevermore . \u2014 Ed Yong, The Atlantic , 13 July 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccne-v\u0259r-\u02c8m\u022fr"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234455",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "nevertheless":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": in spite of that : however":[
        "her childish but nevertheless real delight",
        "\u2014 Richard Corbin"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "I am, nevertheless , a multicellular organism of reasonably complex structure \u2026 \u2014 Natalie Angier , New York Times , 6 Mar. 2007",
      "Nevertheless , resistance to equal opportunities and fair pay for female athletes remained strong. \u2014 Christopher Hitchens , New York Times Book Review , 21 Aug. 2005",
      "Instead, I drew a series of circles around myself, with borders that shifted as time passed and faces changed but that nevertheless offered the illusion of control. An inner circle, where love was constant and claims unquestioned. \u2014 Barack Obama , Dreams From My Father , 1995",
      "She was filled with emotions that were utterly ridiculous, that she despised, yet that nevertheless she was feeling so strongly she could not shake them off. \u2014 Doris Lessing , The Story and Its Writer , 1987",
      "Her date was a bit of a slob, but she had fun nevertheless .",
      "It was a predictable, but nevertheless funny, story.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The agency, nevertheless , encouraged parents to ensure their children were vaccinated after the discovery of the virus during routine wastewater surveillance \u2014 particularly those who may have missed shots during the pandemic. \u2014 Washington Post , 22 June 2022",
      "The outlets' reports, which did not indicate the source of the documents, nevertheless intensified the anguish and questions over why police didn't act sooner to stop the May 24 slaughter in the Robb Elementary School classroom. \u2014 CBS News , 21 June 2022",
      "The Downtown Little Rock Partnership is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization separate from Little Rock's municipal government that nevertheless receives significant funding from the city. \u2014 Joseph Flaherty, Arkansas Online , 20 June 2022",
      "As a five-issue miniseries, Ms. Marvel: Beyond the Limit is short, sweet, and colorful, and ends on a positive note that nevertheless sets up future challenges for the character. \u2014 Christian Holub, EW.com , 17 June 2022",
      "Magnuson is comfortable in his rancher\u2019s skin, with an amiable smile, rugged good looks, and a quiet and shy demeanor that nevertheless seeks to accommodate a small group of media firing questions at him on a recent May morning in Castle Dale, Utah. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 11 June 2022",
      "The exclusion prompted a boycott by several countries, as well as criticism from other Western Hemisphere leaders who nevertheless decided to attend. \u2014 Tracy Wilkinsonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 11 June 2022",
      "Advocates of tougher crypto regulation nevertheless argue investors stand to suffer if the SEC is forced to take a back seat. \u2014 Tory Newmyer, Anchorage Daily News , 7 June 2022",
      "Many nevertheless reject the CAPE for various reasons. \u2014 Mark Hulbert, WSJ , 4 June 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccne-v\u0259r-t\u035fh\u0259-\u02c8les"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "even so",
      "howbeit",
      "however",
      "nonetheless",
      "notwithstanding",
      "still",
      "still and all",
      "though",
      "withal",
      "yet"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-114148",
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ]
  },
  "never to return":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-010943"
  },
  "nevus":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a congenital or acquired usually highly pigmented area on the skin that is either flat or raised : mole":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8n\u0113-v\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "According to the US National Library of Medicine's MedlinePlus resource, a mole\u2014technically known as a nevus \u2014is a growth on the skin that happens when cells called melanocytes grow in a cluster. \u2014 Seraphina Seow, Health.com , 26 May 2021",
      "Luna Fenner\u2019s family will travel to Russia to have the girl treated for congenital melanocytic nevus , Luna\u2019s mother, Carol Fenner, told Inside Edition. \u2014 Char Adams, PEOPLE.com , 26 Sep. 2019",
      "Since then Jones has gotten treatment for John\u2019s skin condition, which veterinarian diagnosed as inflammatory linear verrucous epidermal nevus (ILVEN). \u2014 Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com , 12 Sep. 2019",
      "Marissa Dees, 28, recently opened up to the Daily Mail about her congenital melanocytic nevus , a disorder that leads to large birthmarks and moles. \u2014 Lily Herman, Allure , 6 Sep. 2017",
      "A Nightmare on Elm Street\u2019 (1984), Mrs. Danvers\u2019 large facial nevus in \u2018 \u2014 The Washington Post, The Denver Post , 12 Apr. 2017",
      "Durant, a retail IT consultant, had been diagnosed with a nevus \u2013 a usually harmless growth similar to a freckle \u2013 in his left eye in 2010. \u2014 Bruce Henderson, charlotteobserver , 22 June 2017"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin naevus":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1684, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-030511"
  },
  "never ever":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-073127"
  },
  "never fear":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-142148"
  },
  "never for one moment":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": at no time : not at all":[
        "I gave him my business for years and never for one moment did I suspect that he was a criminal."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-143311"
  },
  "never again":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": not at any time in the future":[
        "Never again will I buy a car from that dealer."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195617"
  },
  "never the wiser":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-202553"
  },
  "never a dull moment":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": never a time when something exciting is not going on : always something exciting happening":[
        "There's never a dull moment in our house."
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-203940"
  },
  "never-ending":{
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": having or seeming to have no end : endless":[
        "Keeping the house clean is a never-ending chore.",
        "the never-ending fight against poverty"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-005243"
  },
  "never the twain shall meet":{
    "type":[
      "idiom"
    ],
    "definitions":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220710-021823"
  }
}