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Learn the meaning and usage of the word nowhere as an adverb, noun, and adjective. Find out the origin, synonyms, phrases, and examples of nowhere in sentences from various sources.
adjective. , Informal. being or leading nowhere; pointless; futile: to be stuck in a nowhere job. worthless or useless: That's a nowhere idea if I ever heard one. nowhere. / ˈnəʊˌwɛə / adverb. in, at, or to no place; not anywhere. get nowhere or get nowhere fastinformal. to fail completely to make any progress. nowhere near. far from; not nearly.
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Learn the meaning of nowhere, an adverb that indicates a place or position that is not anywhere or successful. See how to use nowhere in sentences and idioms with examples from the Cambridge English Corpus.
/ˌnoʊˈhwɛər/ /ˈnʌʊwɛə/ IPA guide. Other forms: nowheres. If you're going nowhere, you have no particular destination — nowhere isn't any place at at all. If you're invited nowhere on New Year's Eve, you'll probably stay home — there's not anywhere to go.
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adverb. /ˈnəʊweə (r)/ /ˈnəʊwer/ (also informal no place especially in North American English) Idioms. not in or to any place. I had nowhere to live, so I was sleeping on my sister's couch. There was nowhere for me to sit. ‘Where are you going this weekend?’ ‘Nowhere special.’. She doesn't want to stay there but she has nowhere else to go.
