| query | You use n______ when making negative statements to say that a suitable place of the specified kind does not exist.You use nowhere when making negative statements to say that a suitable place of the specified kind does not exist. There was nowhere to hide and nowhere to run. I have nowhere else to go, nowhere in the world. He had nowhere to call home. |
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| word | nowhere |
| full-definition | adverb You use nowhere to emphasize that a place has more of a particular quality than any other places, or that it is the only place where something happens or exists . Nowhere is language a more serious issue than in Hawaii. This kind of forest exists nowhere else in the world. For many birdwatchers, there is nowhere better than Scotland. You use nowhere when making negative statements to say that a suitable place of the specified kind does not exist. There was nowhere to hide and nowhere to run. I have nowhere else to go, nowhere in the world. He had nowhere to call home. You use nowhere to indicate that something or someone cannot be seen or found . Michael glanced anxiously down the corridor, but Wilfred was nowhere to be seen. The escaped prisoner was nowhere in sight. The gate was locked and the guards were nowhere. You can use nowhere to refer in a general way to small, unimportant, or uninteresting places. ...endless paths that led nowhere in particular. ...country roads that go from nowhere to nowhere. If you say that something or someone appears from nowhere or out of nowhere, you mean that they appear suddenly and unexpectedly. A car came from nowhere, and I had to jump back into the hedge just in time. Houses had sprung up out of nowhere on the hills. You use nowhere to mean not in any part of a text, speech, or argument . He nowhere offers concrete historical background to support his arguments. Point taken, but nowhere did we suggest that this yacht's features were unique. The most important issue for most ordinary people was nowhere on the proposed agenda. |
| cefr-level | A2 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a2
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