nowhere

Definitions


[ˈnəʊwɛː], (Adverb)

Definitions:
- not in or to any place; not anywhere
(e.g: plants and animals found nowhere else in the world)


Phrases:
- a road to nowhere
- be nowhere
- from nowhere
- get someone nowhere
- go nowhere
- lead nowhere
- nowhere near
- the middle of nowhere

Origin:
Old English nāhwǣr(see no, where)


[ˈnəʊwɛː], (Pronoun)

Definitions:
- no place
(e.g: there was nowhere for her to sit)

- a place that is remote, uninteresting, or nondescript
(e.g: a stretch of road between nowhere and nowhere)


Phrases:
- a road to nowhere
- be nowhere
- from nowhere
- get someone nowhere
- go nowhere
- lead nowhere
- nowhere near
- the middle of nowhere

Origin:
Old English nāhwǣr(see no, where)


[ˈnəʊwɛː], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- having no prospect of progress or success
(e.g: a nowhere job)


Phrases:
- a road to nowhere
- be nowhere
- from nowhere
- get someone nowhere
- go nowhere
- lead nowhere
- nowhere near
- the middle of nowhere

Origin:
Old English nāhwǣr(see no, where)




definition by Oxford Dictionaries