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forever
for·ev·er F0259300 (fôr-ĕv′ər, fər-)adv.1. For everlasting time; eternally: No one can live forever.2. At all times; incessantly: was forever complaining about the job.n. A seemingly very long time: It has taken forever to resolve these problems.forever (fɔːˈrɛvə; fə-) adv1. Also: for ever without end; everlastingly; eternally2. at all times; incessantly3. informal for a very long time: he went on speaking forever. n4. (as object) informal a very long time: it took him forever to reply. 5. …forever! an exclamation expressing support or loyalty: Scotland forever!. Usage: Forever and for ever can both be used to say that something is without end. For all other meanings, forever is the preferred formfor•ev•er (fɔrˈɛv ər, fər-)
adv. 1. without ever ending; eternally: to last forever. 2. continually; incessantly; always: forever complaining. n. 3. a seemingly endless period of time. foreverSomething that will last or continue forever will always last or continue. She would remember his name forever.They thought that their empire would last forever.Something that has gone forever has gone and will never reappear. This innocence is lost forever.They will vanish forever into the grey twilight.For the above two meanings, you can use the alternative spelling for ever in British English. My fate had been sealed for ever.We'll be married soon and then these lonesome nights will be over for ever.Other words and expressions can be used to say how long something lasts. If you say that someone is forever doing something, you mean that they do it very often. Babbage was forever spotting errors in their calculations.For this meaning, the only acceptable spelling is forever. Thesaurus| Adv. | 1. | forever - for a limitless time; "no one can live forever"; "brightly beams our Father's mercy from his lighthouse evermore"- P.P.Blisseternally, everlastingly, evermore | | 2. | forever - for a very long or seemingly endless time; "she took forever to write the paper"; "we had to wait forever and a day"forever and a daycolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | | 3. | forever - without interruption; "the world is constantly changing"constantly, incessantly, perpetually, always |
foreveradverb1. evermore, always, ever, for good, for keeps, for all time, in perpetuity, for good and all (informal), till the cows come home (informal), world without end, till the end of time, till Doomsday We will live together forever.2. constantly, always, all the time, continually, endlessly, persistently, eternally, perpetually, incessantly, interminably, unremittingly, everlastingly He was forever attempting to arrange deals.Usage: Forever and for ever can both be used to say that something is without end. For all other meanings, forever is the preferred form.Translationsforever
forever and a day1. Eternally; always; ceaselessly. Honey, I'll love you forever and a day!2. An exceptionally long period of time. Jim, how you been? It's been forever and a day since I last saw you!See also: and, forevera thing of beauty is a joy foreverSomething beautiful will give pleasure long after it ceases to exist. This phrase is taken from John Keats' poem Endymion. Thoughts of blooming flowers sustain me through the cold winter months. Truly, a thing of beauty is a joy forever.See also: beauty, forever, joy, of, thingtake foreverTo take a very long time. You took forever to get home. Was there traffic? Why is it taking forever for our food to come out? Did they forget about us?See also: forever, takelost and gone foreverLost forever; having no chance of ever being recovered. Nearly $50,000 of our savings, lost and gone forever because you couldn't stay away from that damned casino! I once dreamed of moving to Japan to teach English, but since having kids, that dream is lost and gone forever.See also: and, forever, gone, lostforever and everEternally; always; ceaselessly. Honey, I'll love you forever and ever!See also: and, ever, foreverforever and ever and forever and a dayforever. I will love you forever and ever. This car won't keep running forever and ever. We'll have to get a new one sometime upcoming. We have enough money to last forever and a day.See also: and, ever, foreverlost and gone foreverlost; permanently lost. My poor doggy is lost and gone forever. My money fell out of my pocket and I am sure that it is lost and gone forever.See also: and, forever, gone, lostA thing of beauty is a joy forever.Prov. Beautiful things give pleasure that lasts even longer than the beautiful things themselves. (This is a line from John Keats's poem "Endymion." Also a thing of beauty and a joy forever, used to describe something beautiful in lofty terms, often ironically.) Jill: I don't understand why someone would pay millions of dollars to have some old painting. Jane: Because a thing of beauty is a joy forever.See also: beauty, forever, joy, of, thingforever and a day1. For a very long time, as in He's been working on that book forever and a day. This hyperbolic expression probably originated as a corruption of the now obsolete for ever and ay. Shakespeare used it in The Taming of the Shrew (4:4): "Farewell for ever and a day." Today it is mainly a substitute for "very long time." [c. 1600] 2. Incessantly, ceaselessly, as in Will this racket never end? It's been going on forever and a day. [Colloquial; first half of 1900s] See also: and, foreverthing of beauty (is a joy forever), aTrue loveliness (is a lasting quality). The complete thought is a line from John Keats’s great poem, “Endymion” (1818), and continues, “Its loveliness increases; it will never pass into nothingness.” The thought is hardly original, but the expression caught on. In the twentieth century it began to be shortened and used simply to describe something lovely, often ironically. Eric Partridge mentioned a play on it made by “flappers,” fashionable young women of the post–World War I era: “A thing of beauty is a boy forever.” Today one is apt to say it of, for example, an elaborately decorated cake.See also: beauty, joy, of, thingAcronymsSee4EVERforever
Synonyms for foreveradv evermoreSynonyms- evermore
- always
- ever
- for good
- for keeps
- for all time
- in perpetuity
- for good and all
- till the cows come home
- world without end
- till the end of time
- till Doomsday
adv constantlySynonyms- constantly
- always
- all the time
- continually
- endlessly
- persistently
- eternally
- perpetually
- incessantly
- interminably
- unremittingly
- everlastingly
Synonyms for foreveradv for a limitless timeSynonyms- eternally
- everlastingly
- evermore
adv for a very long or seemingly endless timeSynonymsRelated Wordsadv without interruptionSynonyms- constantly
- incessantly
- perpetually
- always
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