nowhere

adverb no·where \ ˈnō-ˌ(h)wer , -(h)wər \

|Updated on: 13 Aug 2018

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Definition of nowhere

1 : not in or at any place

The book is nowhere to be found.

2 : to no place

I've gotten nowhere with my research.

Arguing will get us nowhere.

3 : not at all : not to the least extent —usually used with near

nowhere near as serious

nowhere near enough

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Examples of nowhere in a Sentence

I have nowhere to go.
Nowhere is there more of a population problem than in this city.

Recent Examples of nowhere from the Web

But the number of orders each company flagged to authorities as suspicious were nowhere close: 224 from AmerisourceBergen and 16,714 from McKesson.

— lev facher, STAT, "System for reporting suspicious opioid orders repeatedly failed, report finds," 12 July 2018
Battlefield 1942 came crashing out of nowhere in 2002, and introduced war gaming fans to the thrilling experience of huge multiplayer battles on large maps, filled with chaos.

— t.c. sottek, The Verge, "After 16 years of war, Battlefield V is a turning point," 29 June 2018
But sometimes, dramatic chasms will appear seemingly out of nowhere.

— brigit katz, Smithsonian, "Massive Sinkhole Opens Up in New Zealand," 9 May 2018
The rumors aren’t totally out of nowhere: Ralph & Russo is a British line (check) with an incredibly regal vibe (check).

— tess kornfeld, Glamour, "We Might Have Just Gotten a Big Clue About Who's Designing Meghan Markle’s Wedding Dress," 5 May 2018
This, a tiny dense jungle encircled by white-sand beaches, with nothing but the ocean stretching into the horizon, really feels like the middle of nowhere.

— cnt editors, Condé Nast Traveler, "Best New Hotels in Asia," 1 May 2018
After all, maybe nowhere is better for discussing books than at the library—just keep your voices down.

— rachel king, Fortune, "Book Clubs Are Really Having a Moment Right Now," 2 July 2018
The number of screens is almost overwhelming, and perhaps nowhere is that more clear than in the main concourse on the arena's north side.

— james b. nelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Milwaukee Bucks fire up 850 TVs and enormous scoreboard at their new basketball arena," 27 June 2018
But the third suspect, Hickman, was nowhere to be seen.

— jared gilmour, charlotteobserver, "Murder plot triggered a manhunt. Fugitives’ blunder was asking to use locals’ phones, Va. cops say," 20 June 2018

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First Known Use of nowhere

before 12th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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nowhere

noun

Definition of nowhere

1 : a nonexistent place

2 : an unknown, distant, or obscure place or state

rose to fame out of nowhere

— miles from nowhere

: in an extremely remote place

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Examples of nowhere in a Sentence

from the looks of things, we're stranded in nowhere and most likely its proverbial middle
in a few short years he rose out of nowhere to prominence in the dot-com world

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There is perhaps no industry that better captures the money-multiplying effect of the Permian boom than the out-of-nowhere emergence of West Texas as a rival to the original capital of U.S. frack-sand mining in northwestern Wisconsin.

— david wethe / bloomberg, Time, "Why This Sand From Texas Is Suddenly Worth $80 a Ton," 10 July 2018
Chantre Russ arrived in Kansas City on a Greyhound Bus from California with three children, two bags and nowhere to go.

— cortlynn stark, kansascity, "Mom almost called social services on herself. KCPD and its social workers stepped up," 10 July 2018
Most Finns were in the midst of their annual Midsommerfest weekend celebration {of the longest day) and nowhere to be found.

— steven shundich, Cincinnati.com, "World Cup 2018: Dispatches from TML Mobster/Guest Hemingway in Russia," 27 June 2018
The small satellite companies that SpaceX had signed up to fly on the Falcon 1 had nowhere to go.

— eric berger, Ars Technica, "With a simple and cheap rocket, Virgin Orbit aims for the extraordinary," 4 June 2018
Known by its map designation as Area 51, this middle-of-nowhere site became a new top-secret military base.

— matt blitz, Popular Mechanics, "The Real Story Behind the Myth of Area 51," 14 Sep. 2017
NY Ave is a thoroughfare, pretty much a freeway because the commuter and truck traffic have nowhere else to go - like on the real freeway that was stopped by opponents.

— peter hermann, Washington Post, "Pedestrian fatally struck by vehicle that didn’t stop in Northeast Washington," 7 May 2018
There’s nowhere to go but up from 10 losses — right?

— dan sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Armchair quarterbacks: How did the Dolphins do in the draft?," 30 Apr. 2018
Like a lot of out-of-nowhere box office hits, some of the revenue went up in smoke.

— gary thompson, Philly.com, "Tommy Chong: 'The whole reason for making marijuana illegal was to prosecute black and brown people'," 5 Apr. 2018

First Known Use of nowhere

15th century

in the meaning defined at sense 1

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nowhere

adjective

Definition of nowhere

: of or relating to a remote or relatively unknown location

a nowhere town

Recent Examples of nowhere from the Web

But Bird did, and in the process has become one of the most out-of-nowhere success stories in startup history.

— NBC News, "The next Uber? Scooter startups flood U.S. cities as funding pours in," 9 July 2018
The red state-blue state banter that happens almost nowhere else in the country.

— david scharfenberg, BostonGlobe.com, "The US military: The greatest social engineering machine ever built," 9 June 2018
By the second half of the 19th century, public rodeo spectacles were popping up in nowhere towns like Deer Trail, Colorado, Pecos, Texas, and Prescott, Arizona.

— melissa lyttle, Smithsonian, "The First Family of Rodeo," 13 Dec. 2017
Lucy Dacus was an out-of-nowhere success story of 2016.

— Philly.com, "Pink, Philadelphia Furniture Show, Food Truck Popup, Booze & Vinyl party and more great Philadelphia events," 12 Apr. 2018
The Flyers were outplayed, outshot, and outworked in the first period — against a going-nowhere team that had lost 10 straight — and fortunate to be in a scoreless tie after 20 minutes.

— sam carchidi, Philly.com, "Flyers must end poor starts if they hope to make the playoffs," 21 Mar. 2018
Cincinnati took an awkward drive to a nowhere layup.

— chuck culpepper, chicagotribune.com, "Nevada is the unkillable zombie of the NCAA tournament's haunted graveyard region," 18 Mar. 2018
The going-nowhere Senators, who are 15th in the 16-team Eastern Conference, appeared to tie the score at 2-2 when Zack Smith deposited a rebound with 7:44 left in the second.

— sam carchidi, Philly.com, "Soaring Flyers move into first-place tie (temporarily) as they whip Ottawa," 24 Feb. 2018
My drink is warm, my attitude is cold and my friend is literally nowhere to be found.

— laura delarato /, NBC News, "I stopped saying 'yes' to everyone, and it changed my life," 21 Feb. 2018

First Known Use of nowhere

1889

in the meaning defined above

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nowhere

adverb

Definition of nowhere for English Language Learners

: not in or at any place

nowhere

noun

Definition of nowhere for English Language Learners

: no place

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adverb no·where \ ˈnō-ˌhwer , -ˌwer \

Definition of nowhere for Students

1 : not in or at any place

The book is nowhere to be found.

2 : to no place

We've gone nowhere all week.

3 : not at all

That's nowhere near enough.

nowhere

noun

Definition of nowhere for Students

: a place that does not exist

The sound seems to be coming from nowhere.

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