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no·where

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–adverb

1.	in or at no place; not anywhere: The missing pen was nowhere to be found.

2.	to no place: We went nowhere last weekend.

–noun

3.	the state of nonexistence or seeming nonexistence: A gang of thieves appeared from nowhere.

4.	anonymity or obscurity: She came from nowhere to win the championship.

5.	an unknown, remote, or nonexistent place or region.

–adjective Informal.

6.	being or leading nowhere; pointless; futile: to be stuck in a nowhere job.

7.	worthless or useless: That's a nowhere idea if I ever heard one.

—Idioms

8.	miles from nowhere, in a remote, isolated, or inaccessible area.

9.	nowhere near, not nearly: There's nowhere near enough food to go around.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME (adv.); OE nāhwǣr, nōhwǣr. See no¹, where

]

—Usage note See anyplace.

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no·where Audio Help (nō'hwâr', -wâr') Pronunciation Key
adv.

Not anywhere.
To no place or result: protested the ruling but got nowhere.

A remote or unknown place: a cabin in the middle of nowhere.
A state of nonexistence: an idea that came out of nowhere.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
nowhere

O.E. nahwær; see no + where. Similar constructions were attempted with nowhat (1530) and nowhen (1764), but they failed to take hold and remain nonce words.

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nowhere
adverb
1.	not anywhere; in or at or to no place; "I am going nowhere"
noun
1.	an insignificant place; "he came out of nowhere"

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
nowhere [ˈnəuweə] adverb

in or to no place; not anywhere
Example: It was nowhere to be found; `Where have you been?' `Nowhere in particular.'

Arabic:	لَيسَ في أي مَكان
Chinese (Simplified):	无处
Chinese (Traditional):	無處
Czech:	nikde
Danish:	intetsteds; ingen steder
Dutch:	nergens
Estonian:	mitte kuskil
Finnish:	ei missään
French:	nulle part
German:	nirgendwo
Greek:	πουθενά
Hungarian:	sehol; sehova
Icelandic:	hvergi
Indonesian:	tidak di mana pun
Italian:	da nessuna parte, in nessun luogo

Japanese:	どこにも～ない
Korean:	아무데서도 …않다
Latvian:	nekur
Lithuanian:	niekur
Norwegian:	ingen steder, ikke noe sted
Polish:	nigdzie
Portuguese (Brazil):	em nenhum lugar
Portuguese (Portugal):	em parte nenhuma
Romanian:	nicăieri
Russian:	нигде; некуда; никуда
Slovak:	nikde
Slovenian:	nikjer
Spanish:	en ninguna parte, en ningún sitio, en ningún lugar
Swedish:	ingenstans, inte någonstans
Turkish:	hiçbir yer(e, *de)