mai — meaning in English

English meaning

• ever adv At any time.
• never adv At no time; not on any occasion.

Senses

mai is used for these senses in English:

• a cold day in July (idiomatic, colloquial) The time of occurrence of an event that will never happen.
• at latter Lammas (idiomatic, British) Never.
• ever At any time.
• never At no time; on no occasion; in no circumstance.
• on earth Expletive used for emphasis after an interrogative word.
• snowball's chance in hell (informal, hyperbole, idiomatic, somewhat, derogatory, somewhat, vulgar) Almost no chance at all of an occurrence or success.
• when Hell freezes over (idiom, slang, informal, hyperbolic) Never; not in this lifetime or a time in the unforeseeably distant future; not a chance.

ever — full definition

1. adv At any time.
2. adv Always; continuously.
3. adv Used after a question word for emphasis.

never — full definition

1. adv At no time; not on any occasion.
2. adv Not at all, used for emphasis in a past statement.

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