now here
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.
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
adjective Informal.
Idioms 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.
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.
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| —adv | |
| 1. | in, at, or to no place; not anywhere |
| 2. | informal get nowhere, get nowhere fast to fail completely to make any progress |
| 3. | nowhere near far from; not nearly |
| —n | |
| 4. | a nonexistent or insignificant place |
| 5. | middle of nowhere a completely isolated, featureless, or insignificant place |
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Word Origin & History
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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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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