never

adv

1. (not-comparable)At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.

   “I finally finished, and I never do wanna do it again.”

   “We were at the same college, but happened never to meet.”

   “I'll never not like you.”

   “Why should I love this Gentleman? Tis odds / He never will affect me;”

   “In the old days, to my commonplace and unobserving mind, he gave no evidences of genius whatsoever. He never read me any of his manuscripts, […], and therefore my lack of detection of his promise may in some degree be pardoned.”

2. (not-comparable)Not at any other time; not on any other occasion; not previously.

   “There is no jewel, be it of never so rich a price, which I set before this jewel: I mean your love.”

   “"He is just what a young man ought to be," said she, "sensible, good-humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!--so much ease, with such perfect good breeding!"”

   “1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter XIII: The Delights of Anticipation, I never saw such an infatuated man.”

3. (colloquial, not-comparable)Negative particle (used to negate verbs in the simple past tense; also used absolutely).

   “The police say I stole the car, but I never did it.”

   “You said you were going to mow the lawn today. – I never!”

   “"You're never going to break in?" "This instant, if you'll, help me; in five or ten minutes, if you won't."”

   “Well I looked at Jay and I said "hey, did you hear what I just heard?" He nodded his head and his face turned red and he never said a word”

verb

1. (Manglish, Singlish, auxiliary)Did not; didn't.

   “I told him to go to Woodlands to buy durian for me. He came back and said no durian. But he some more said-ah, he got see people selling durian in Bukit Timah. I ask him-ah. Why you never buy from Bukit Timah.”

   “That's what he said. But I never see anything. Maybe it's an invisible dog. Or very good at hiding.”

intj

1. A statement of defiance

   “‘Guess what, I've won the pools!’ ‘Never!’”