nevertheless
/ˌnɛvəðəˈlɛs//ˌnɛvɚðəˈlɛs/
nevertheless adverb: in spite of what preceded; yet.
Adverb
nevertheless (not comparable)
- In spite of what preceded; yet.
- Now no chaſtening for the preſent ſeemeth to be ioyous, but grieuous: neuertheleſſe, afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruite of righteouſneſſe, vnto them which are exerciſed thereby.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Hebrews 12:11, column 2
- The attainment of the skills of elementary reading occurred some time ago for almost all who read this book. Nevertheless, we continue to experience the problems of this level of reading, no matter how capable we may be as readers.1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 17
- Synonyms:
- even so, however, nonetheless, still, though, yet, notwithstanding, all that said, anyhow, all the same
nevertheless meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
nevertheless in Hindi
- in spite of what preceded
- फिर भी phir bhī, यद्यपि yadyapi
nevertheless in Tamil
- இருப்பினும், ஆயினும்கூட
nevertheless in Marathi
- तरीही, तरीदेखील, तरीसुद्धा
nevertheless in Urdu
- in spite of what preceded
- پھر بھی phir bhī, تاہم tāham
More languagesFewer languages
- nevertheless in Bengali
- অথচ othoc
- nevertheless in Telugu
- అయినా ayinā
- nevertheless in Malayalam
- എങ്കിലും eṅkiluṁ
- nevertheless in Kannada
- ಆದಾಗ್ಯೂ, ಆದರೂ, ಏನೇ ಇರಲಿ, ಅದೇನೇ ಇದ್ದರೂ
- nevertheless in Punjabi
- ਫਿਰ ਵੀ
- nevertheless in Gujarati
- તેમ છતાં
- nevertheless in Odia
- ତଥାପି
- nevertheless in Nepali
- तर पनि, तथापि
- nevertheless in Tagalog
- subalit, datapwat, gayunpaman, ganun pa man
- nevertheless in Arabic
- لٰكِن lākin, لٰكِنَّ lākinna, وَلٰكِن wa-lākin, وَلٰكِنَّ wa-lākinna
- nevertheless in Malay
- walau bagaimana
- nevertheless in Persian
- اما ammâ, با این حال, بااینوجود
- nevertheless in Thai
- อย่างไรก็ตาม yàang rai gôr dtaam
- nevertheless in Vietnamese
- tuy nhiên, tuy vậy, tuy thế
- nevertheless in Myanmar
- ဒါပေမဲ့ dapemai.
Examples of nevertheless in a sentence
- Although we may disagree with it, we must nevertheless approve the sentence handed down by the court-martial.
- His farm, though small, nevertheless allowed him a plenteous supply of healthy food.
- A former gold medallist, he nevertheless came away empty from this year's Olympic Games.
Synonyms of nevertheless
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Antonyms
Forms of nevertheless
| alternative poetic (archaic) | ne'ertheless |
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| alternative form (nonstandard, dated) | nethertheless |
Origin of nevertheless
From Middle English nevertheles, never-þe-les, nevere-þe-lesse. By surface analysis, never (“not at all”) + the + less; compare never the wiser.
Questions about nevertheless
- What does nevertheless mean?
- Nevertheless means in spite of what preceded; yet.
- What is nevertheless in Hindi?
- Nevertheless in Hindi is फिर भी (phir bhī), यद्यपि (yadyapi). See Nevertheless meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is nevertheless?
- Nevertheless is an adverb.
- How do you pronounce nevertheless?
- Nevertheless is pronounced /ˌnɛvəðəˈlɛs/ (UK).
Words near nevertheless in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nevertheless (page history and authors); nevertheless (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nevertheless (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); എങ്കിലും (Malayalam) (page history and authors); nevertheless (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); nevertheless (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nevertheless (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nevertheless (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); nevertheless (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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