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View synonyms for forever

forever

[ fawr-ev-er, fer- ]

adverb

  1. without ever ending; eternally:

    Like the memory of her laughter, the love for her in our hearts will last forever.

  2. He's forever complaining.



noun

  1. an endless or seemingly endless period of time:

    It took them forever to make up their minds.

adjective

  1. lasting for an endless period of time; permanent:

    The stray dog is staying with us until we can find a forever home for it.

forever

/ fə-; fɔːˈrɛvə /

adverb

  1. Alsofor ever without end; everlastingly; eternally
  2. at all times; incessantly
  3. informal.
    for a very long time

    he went on speaking forever



noun

  1. informal.
    as object a very long time

    it took him forever to reply

  2. …forever!
    …forever! an exclamation expressing support or loyalty

    Scotland forever!

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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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of forever1

First recorded in 1300–50; originally a prepositional phrase for ever

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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. forever and a day, eternally; always:

    They pledged to love each other forever and a day.

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Example Sentences

The work earned Wilson a Nobel Prize and changed physics forever.

So, we’ve had that very traditional paradigm of the factory forever.

You don’t have to live forever to do it, Kobe Bryant made an impact.

The ink is water-based, so it’s unlikely to bleed through pages of your notebook or sketchbook, and it lasts practically forever.

It’s important to know everything you’re building online is going to be out there forever.

From Fortune

What could be more important, to make sure that side of things is right before we tie ourselves to someone forever?

That act forever sealed his feeling for the Chief, bound it up with the war, with violence, with the gun.

May their married life have laughter, and that they love one another forever after!

The Friday Night Lights television show featured characters talking of “Texas forever.”

However, to the right, if the character they love was originally white, then they should stay white forever.

I could see only the stretch of green before me, and I felt as if I must walk on forever, without coming to the end of it.

The next instant the door closed softly behind them, and she went out of his life as a wife forever.

Aristide always regarded the fortune of the moment as if it would last forever.

It seemed that a great burden had been lifted from his mind, and he closed his eyes as if shutting out the past now forever.

So will I sing praise unto thy name forever, that I may daily perform my vows.

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