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nowhere

nowhere

1.0
Not in any place where someone can find it
  • adverb
  • /ˈnoʊˌwɛr/
translation icon : en ninguna parte
  • Nowhere in the world is there anything half so wonderful.
  • nowhere to be found
  • nowhere in sight
  • nowhere else

It's like this fallow era where suddenly you're nowhere to be found then.

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Examples

  • And I'm here because I had nowhere else to go.

  • He felt lost and had nowhere to turn for help.

  • And I have my hair done and nowhere to go.

  • And I think we're nowhere close to such a theory.

  • OK, So can you see this is nowhere near as dark?

  • And they were still nowhere near what we were able to do.

  • I know 2011 sounds like a long way off, but we're nowhere near that advanced yet.

  • The road feels like it's going nowhere, but after three miles, the airport shows up.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The impacts of these developments are perhaps nowhere more evident than in Egypt.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Even here, in the middle of nowhere, his heart was soothed by the prospect of company.

    Fiction book (1990)

Antonyms

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In or at a place you do not know

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In or at any place that is not a particular one

Idioms

170 4.2

Happening suddenly without any warning

Missing and cannot be found anywhere

28 4.1

Suddenly and without any warning

1 9.9

A very remote place far from towns and cities

1 9.9

A very remote place far from towns or cities

Wearing smart clothes but having nowhere to go

Compounds

91 4.6

A place far from towns and people

bumfuck nowhere
  • Offensive
1 9.9

A very far away empty place with nothing there

How Widespread

worldwide
213 2.1
everyplace
  • US
1 2.0
here and there
138 1.7
somewhere
1.0
nowhere
1.0

Surface Forms

nowhere positive

Morphology

nowhere = now + where (transparent) = now + where

A direct compound of 'now' + 'where' whose literal meaning 'not in any place' is readily inferable by learners.

Etymology

The word nowhere is made from the simple parts now and where, giving the idea 'no place', so it means 'not in any place'.