never again
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2.1
- idiom
:
nunca más
- I will do everything I can to ensure that the former president never again gets anywhere near the Oval Office.
- never again leave
So I tried it and I am saying never again, never again.
- So I tried it and I am saying never again, never again.
- Are there cases where that dopamine balance never again reaches some level of homeostasis?
- You know, every year we say never again.
- And a just peace where the sovereignty of this great nation is never again imperiled.
- They want Hamas in Gaza smashed so that it can never again be a military threat to Israel.
- They would bring prosperity, security, overcome sectarian violence, ensure that states would never again harbour terrorists.
- There were people who came out of the concentration camps who reached the conclusion, never again for Jews.
- Not all of them, but certainly a large number of them would never again look at American Society the same.
- I think what the last prank video we made just just broke our spirit and we were like, never again will we do this.
Examples
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I tried to make amends to Amy, but our relationship was never again the same.
Academic text (2000) -
I promise, if you let me go, I will never again give you a reason to arrest me.
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Not all of them, but certainly a large number of them would never again look at American Society the same.
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I said to myself that never again would I have anything to do with him.
Fiction book (1992) -
Let me tell you, you will never again be stranded without fun.
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Never again will blood be shed in these woods.
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Now after today's lesson, you will never again need to fear for your safety.
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And a just peace where the sovereignty of this great nation is never again imperiled.
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Let's vow never again to shy away from our responsibilities.
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After that terrible experience, I promised myself I would never again try something so risky.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
At no time in the past or future, not ever
2
9.9
Not at any time in the future, used in old or poetic language
Antonyms
How Often
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'never' (not ever) combined with 'again' (once more) yields 'not ever in the future' or 'not do X again.' This is a standard negation + repetition pattern found in many languages and follows normal English composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.
Etymology
Never again comes from people making a strong promise after a bad event; they used it to say they would not repeat what happened. It joins never ('not ever') and again ('one more time') to make a firm vow, so it means 'at no time in the future'.