Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - nowhere
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Nowhere
nowhere
~ adv 1 also no place AmE informal not in any place or to any place (I have no job and nowhere to live. | nowhere else (=no other place)) (You've got to help me. I've nowhere else to go.) 2 get nowhere to have no success or make no progress (It's a good idea but it will get nowhere without more financial support. | get sb nowhere) (Taking that kind of attitude will get us nowhere. | get nowhere with) (Flaherty was getting nowhere with the Americans, and decided on a different approach. | get nowhere fast) (I soon realised that being tough was getting me nowhere fast.) 3 be nowhere to be seen/found/heard not to be seen, found, or heard anywhere (Typical - another street crime and the police are nowhere to be seen.) 4 nowhere near a) far from a particular place (He swore he was nowhere near her house on the night she died.) b) not at all (nowhere near ready/full/finished etc) (The building's nowhere near finished. | nowhere near as good as etc) (Sarah's nowhere near as fit as I am.) 5 out of/from nowhere happening or appearing suddenly and without warning (In the last few seconds Gunnell came from nowhere to win another gold medal. | From out of nowhere he asks me to marry him!)
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Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. 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... If you are extremely rich, you could stay nowhere better than the Ruislip Court Hotel. ADV: ADV with be, ADV after v, oft ADV cl/group c darkgreen]emphasis 2. 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. ADV: be ADV, ADV after v, usu ADV to-inf, ADV adj/-ed to-inf 3. 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... ADV: be ADV, oft ADV to-inf, ADV adv/prep 4. 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. ADV: ADV after v, from/to ADV 5. 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. ADV: from/out of ADV 6. 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. ADV: ADV before v, be ADV, oft ADV prep c darkgreen]emphasis 7. If you say that a place is in the middle of...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. adverb Date: before 12th century 1. not in or at any place 2. to no place 3. not at all ; not to the least extent — usually used with near ~ near as serious ~ near enough II. noun Date: 1831 1. a nonexistent place 2. an unknown, distant, or obscure place or state rose to fame out of ~ III. adjective Date: 1970 of or relating to a remote or relatively unknown location a ~ town ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adv. & pron. --adv. in or to no place. --pron. no place. Phrases and idioms be (or come in) nowhere be unplaced in a race or competition. come from nowhere be suddenly evident or successful. get nowhere make or cause to make no progress. in the middle of nowhere colloq. remote from urban life. nowhere near not nearly. Etymology: OE nahw{aelig}r (as NO(1), WHERE) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
4.
1) некуда 2) неоткуда 3) нигде nowhere commutative semigroup — антикоммутативная полугруппа nowhere connected space — нигде не связное пространство nowhere continuous function — всюду разрывная функция nowhere dense continuum — нигде не плотный континуум nowhere dense set — нигде не плотное множество nowhere dense subset — нигде не плотное подмножество nowhere differentiable function — нигде не дифференцируемая функция nowhere monotonic function — нигде не монотонная функция - nowhere commutative - nowhere continuous - nowhere convergent - nowhere degenerate - nowhere dense - nowhere dependent - nowhere differentiable - nowhere monotone - nowhere zero ...Англо-русский Русско-английский научно-технический словарь
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1. ничто; неизвестное или пустое место miles from nowhere —- очень далеко, в глуши; у черта на куличиках a man in uniform came out of nowhere —- неизвестно откуда вынырнул человек в форме he rose to fame out of nowhere —- из полной неизвестности он вознесся к славе 2. ам. сл. отсталый; несовременный; обывательский 3. нигде nowhere near —- нигде поблизости he was nowhere to be found —- его нигде не могли найти 4. никуда; некуда where did you go? - N. —- куда вы ходили? - Никуда they have nowhere to go —- им некуда пойти 5. в тупике; в трудном или безвыходном положении to be nowhere —- спорт. не попасть в число участников финала; безнадежно отстать; провалиться, потерпеть поражение; ам. растеряться; ничего не знать this will take you nowhere —- это ничего вам не даст this takes us nowhere —- это ни к чему не ведет, это ничего не дает (о бесполезном разговоре) when he began to ask me questions about surgery I was just nowhere —- когда он меня начал спрашивать по хирургии, я стал "плавать" Id: nowhere near —- ни капли, нисколько, далеко не, отнюдь не Id: this is nowhere near so good as that —- это гораздо хуже того ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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adv. нигде; никуда; this will take us nowhere - это ни к чему нас не приведет, это нам ничего не даст; nowhere near - а) нигде поблизости; б) ни капли, нисколько; to be (или to come in) nowhere - а) не попасть в список участников финала; б) безнадежно отстать; в) потерпеть поражение; г) amer. растеряться, не найти ответа ...Англо-русский словарь
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