Phrase guide

never again

adv · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adv

Meaning 1

At no time in the future; usually said of a negative event, practice, etc., which should not be allowed to reoccur.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Qualifier: set phrase

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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adverb

Meaning 2

at no time hereafter -E.A.Poe

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • Quoth the raven, nevermore!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nevermore

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Current use as slogan popularized after the Holocaust, including by Meir Kahane's titular 1972 book and Jewish Defense League's 1968 adoption of the slogan.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: никога вече (nikoga veče) — at no time in the future
  • Chinese Mandarin: 永不再會 /永不再会 (yǒngbù zàihuì) — at no time in the future
  • Dutch: nimmermeer — at no time in the future
  • Esperanto: neniam plu — at no time in the future
  • Finnish: milloinkaan — at no time in the future
  • French: plus jamais — at no time in the future
  • French: jamais plus — at no time in the future
  • French: plus jamais ça — at no time in the future
  • Galician: nunca máis — at no time in the future
  • German: nie wieder — at no time in the future
  • German: niemals mehr — at no time in the future
  • German: nimmermehr — at no time in the future
  • Greek: ποτέ ξανά (poté xaná) — at no time in the future
  • Ancient Greek: μήποτε πάλιν (mḗpote pálin) — at no time in the future
  • Hebrew: לעולם לא עוד — at no time in the future
  • Hungarian: sohasem — at no time in the future
  • Icelandic: aldrei aftur — at no time in the future
  • Indonesian: jangan sampai lagi terulang — at no time in the future
  • Indonesian: jangan sampai terulang lagi — at no time in the future
  • Italian: mai più — at no time in the future
  • Japanese: 二度とない (nidotonai) — at no time in the future
  • Latin: numquam iterum — at no time in the future
  • Malay: tidak sekali — at no time in the future
  • Old Church Slavonic: николиже пакꙑ (nikoliže paky) — at no time in the future
  • Polish: nigdy więcej — at no time in the future
  • Portuguese: nunca mais — at no time in the future
  • Romanian: niciodată — at no time in the future
  • Russian: никогда́ бо́льше (nikogdá bólʹše) — at no time in the future
  • Serbo-Croatian: nikad više — at no time in the future
  • Spanish: nunca más — at no time in the future
  • Spanish: más nunca — at no time in the future
  • Ukrainian: ніко́ли зно́ву (nikóly znóvu) — at no time in the future
  • Welsh: byth eto — at no time in the future