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[ fawr-ev -er, fer- ] SHOW IPA
/ fɔrˈɛv ər, fər- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adverb without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
continually; incessantly; always: He's forever complaining.
lasting for an endless period of time: the process of finding a forever home for the dog.
noun an endless or seemingly endless period of time: It took them forever to make up their minds.
Idioms for foreverforever and a day , eternally; always: They pledged to love each other forever and a day.
Origin of forever First recorded in 1300–50; originally phrase for ever
Words nearby forever fore-topgallant mast, foretopman, fore-topmast, fore-topsail, foretriangle, forever , forever and a day, forevermore, foreverness, forewarn, Forewarned is forearmed
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So, we’ve had that very traditional paradigm of the factory forever .
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It’s important to know everything you’re building online is going to be out there forever .
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The Friday Night Lights television show featured characters talking of “Texas forever .”
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The FBI and the President may claim that the Hermit Kingdom is to blame for the most high-profile network breach in forever .
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I tried to force Talya to add scenes, make a series out of it so I could do it forever .
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Its fissures are forever present and not that far beneath the surface of every day life.
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What had seemed immutable and eternal (“With the Soviet Union forever ”) turned out to be a fleeting episode.
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The sea-green silk would not do forever , in place after place; they would call her the mermaid.
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But the advantage of the great position had been forever wrested from the Southern army.
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In times of peace they have little to do, and so it happens that we are forever quarrelling with those who live near at hand.
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Let us renounce and throw off forever the yoke of a tyranny more oppressive than any in the annals of the world.
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Good is forever lost to me, and I must now make Evil my good.
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British Dictionary definitions for forever adverb Also: for ever without end; everlastingly; eternally
at all times; incessantly
informal for a very long time he went on speaking forever
noun (as object) informal a very long time it took him forever to reply
…forever! an exclamation expressing support or loyalty Scotland forever!
usage for forever Forever and for ever can both be used to say that something is without end. For all other meanings, forever is the preferred form
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