nowhere

«nowhere» in Mova's school dictionary: Not in any place, or not to any place — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb (nowhere); pronoun (nowhere)

meaning for a pupil

1) Not in any place, or not to any place. tree →

2) Somewhere with nothing near it, far from towns. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life and stories, «out of nowhere» means suddenly, with no warning; «in the middle of nowhere» means far from anywhere. In safety lessons, if you are lost «in the middle of nowhere», stay where you are so people can find you. Phrases: «nowhere to be found», «nowhere near», «get nowhere», «out of nowhere», «in the middle of nowhere», «nowhere else».

examples

• My other sock is nowhere to be found. tree →
• The car broke down in the middle of nowhere. tree →
• A dog appeared out of nowhere. tree →
• We have nowhere to play when it rains. tree →
• I'm getting nowhere with this puzzle. tree →
• 50 is nowhere near 500. tree →
• There was nowhere else to hide. tree →
• The cat wasn't anywhere — it was nowhere in the house. tree →
• He was nowhere to be found. tree →

note

One word. Don't use it with another «not»: say «I went nowhere» or «I didn't go anywhere», not «I didn't go nowhere» (a double negative, wrong in standard English). «Nowhere near» in maths means very far from that number.

In the corpora

• A homeless person has nowhere safe to live, often because of losing a job, a family breaking up or illness.
• Example: in a bathroom with no window, steam has nowhere to go.
• Ruaridh in Glasgow stays quiet; they've no car and went nowhere.
• Other dead ends sound like reasons but go nowhere: "Phones are bad because they're bad" just says the answer twice.
• Watch the replay: Finn's "speed boost from nowhere" was Finn crashing into a wall.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «nowhere» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.